{"id":201020,"date":"2026-03-31T16:49:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T20:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/31\/marshall-university-partners-with-intuit-for-cyber-center\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T17:10:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T21:10:10","slug":"marshall-university-partners-with-intuit-for-cyber-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/31\/marshall-university-partners-with-intuit-for-cyber-center\/","title":{"rendered":"Marshall University Partners With Intuit for Cyber Center"},"content":{"rendered":"

Marshall University Partners With Intuit for Cyber Center<\/a><\/p>\n

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Publish Date: 2026-03-31 16:49:00<\/a><\/p>\n

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(TNS) \u2014 As part of Marshall University\u2019s growing investment in cybersecurity education, the university announced Thursday its partnership with Intuit to launch a student-led Security Operations Center, giving students hands-on experience defending real-world systems.The announcement came during the second day of Marshall\u2019s annual CyberCon conference, a three-day event centered on the cybersecurity community with presentations and workshops for industry experts, students, educators and curious minds to collaborate on current developments in the cyber world.CyberCon originally began as the Appalachian Institute of Digital Evidence Conference several years ago but \u2014 mirroring the technological advancements it\u2019s focused on \u2014 the conference has evolved to focus on modern cyber threats and workforce development.The university\u2019s recent multi-million-dollar investment toward developing a state-of-the-art cybersecurity facility has included plans for a centralized Security Operations Center for students to simulate real-world scenarios to problem solve, monitor and rectify invisible threats that are evolving just as fast \u2014 if not faster \u2014 than the technologies that made them possible.PANELISTS: IT’S IMPERATIVE TO BE PREPARED FOR CYBER ATTACKSFollowing the announcement from Intuit that will make the student-led center possible, industry experts led a panel-style discussion on what cybersecurity actually looks like in the real world.Tammy Hawkins, vice president of business information security information for Intuit, outlined some of the modern-day threats experts and students should prepare for, from her experience.When acting in cybersecurity, or in security operations centers, Hawkins said it\u2019s imperative a security team understands the infrastructure of their company or business, their network and the information most vital to protect.In addition to rectifying or minimizing cyber attacks as they occur, cybersecurity professionals have to be prepared before threat actors ever find those vulnerabilities while working alongside vendors, customers, partners or government agencies to recover or protect sensitive data.Erick Lee, vice president of technical information with Intuit\u2019s security organization, called that information \u201cthe crown jewels,\u201d saying cybersecurity analysts should not only know where such information is, but also the importance of protecting it.Hawkins said the profession is a lot of proactive work, including understanding the threat landscape to act with extreme speed and accuracy amid cyber attacks.In line with the future security operations center on campus, Hawkins and Lee both emphasized the importance of students running \u201cmock events\u201d to understand if a network is truly ready in the event systems are overtaken by a bad actor.For example, Lee said emphasis on protection and prevention are ideal in cybersecurity, but if those methods are overtaken, it\u2019s important to understand the \u201csignature of an attack,\u201d \u2014 or, in layman\u2019s terms, where the attack is coming from, such as if the data breach is due to a bad email link, an encrypted file or a network infiltration.Once the type of attack is identified, Lee and Hawkins said that\u2019s where the real-world training comes in to address the problem.MULTI-FACTOR AUTHENTICATION IS NO LONGER ENOUGH TO KEEP DATA SECUREAs technology evolves, so do those threats. For example, Hawkins pointed to the rapid advancement of artificial intelligence as a growing challenge for the industry.Hawkins said many businesses or online companies have used multi-factor verifications to determine if potentially sensitive information is about to be released to a \u201creal\u201d person.However, with the quick evolution of artificial intelligence, Hawkins said that\u2019s no longer enough to keep private data secure.\u201cVerification has been eradicated,\u201d Hawkins said, explaining that a voice or video recording of an authentic person can now be digitally altered for threat actors to imitate an actual human.\u201cFaces have been breached. Voices are breached,\u201d Hawkins said, \u201cIdentity no longer belongs to just humans.\u201dHawkins said identity fraud is a huge portion of cybersecurity protection, as fake IDs like driver\u2019s licenses and passports are \u201cshockingly convincing.\u201dDue to those advancements, Hawkins said cybersecurity professionals are beginning to use behavior analysis to determine bot from human.\u201cBehavior is the one thing that makes us unique still,\u201d Hawkins said, but some verification process still leave unanswered questions.\u201cWho validates that identity and decides what they can access,\u201d Hawkins said, as some companies opt to use artificial intelligence to determine authenticity. Essentially creating good bot versus bad bot.Hawkins compared the rapid evolution of artificial intelligence to the early days of the internet, as both created \u201can explosion of cybersecurity events,\u201d but that\u2019s not necessarily a negative, as Hawkins said that means there will be an explosion of demand in the cybersecurity profession.As cybersecurity threats continue to grow in complexity, initiatives like Marshall\u2019s student-led Security Operations Center aim to give students the practical experience needed to meet those challenges head-on.\u201cIt\u2019s really a cat and mouse game,\u201d Hawkins said. \u201cThreat actors are wicked smart, but so are we.\u201dWHAT YOU CAN DO TO PROTECT YOUR DATAFor those who don\u2019t understand modern cybersecurity, Lee and Hawkins said there are methods the general public can implement before falling victim to a scam or bad actor.For example, Hawkins said receiving a phone call from the IRS, Google or Apple are highly unlikely and are probably bad actors skimming for information to obtain identities or bank accounts.Lee said to combat that issue, the public should pay attention to what a company or agency are asking for. If it\u2019s urgent release of private data, it\u2019s likely a scam.When in doubt, Lee said to check official websites or to contact an agency directly before handing over any information.\u00a9 2026 The Charleston Gazette (Charleston, W.Va.). Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.<\/p>\n

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