{"id":237064,"date":"2026-06-25T10:08:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T14:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/25\/reliaquest-invests-1-5m-in-usf-to-expand-ai-cybersecurity-programs\/"},"modified":"2026-06-25T10:25:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T14:25:09","slug":"reliaquest-invests-1-5m-in-usf-to-expand-ai-cybersecurity-programs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/25\/reliaquest-invests-1-5m-in-usf-to-expand-ai-cybersecurity-programs\/","title":{"rendered":"ReliaQuest invests $1.5M in USF to expand AI, cybersecurity programs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wtsp.com\/article\/news\/local\/hillsboroughcounty\/reliaquest-invests-15m-in-usf-ai-cybersecurity-programs\/67-8a8b4d75-dbda-42c5-a482-7468140c5c54\">ReliaQuest invests $1.5M in USF to expand AI, cybersecurity programs<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wtsp.com\/article\/news\/local\/hillsboroughcounty\/reliaquest-invests-15m-in-usf-ai-cybersecurity-programs\/67-8a8b4d75-dbda-42c5-a482-7468140c5c54\">https:\/\/www.wtsp.com\/article\/news\/local\/hillsboroughcounty\/reliaquest-invests-15m-in-usf-ai-cybersecurity-programs\/67-8a8b4d75-dbda-42c5-a482-7468140c5c54<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-06-25 10:08:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.wtsp.com\">www.wtsp.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Author: <a href=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p> Using an unordered list, summarize the following article with between 4 and 8 key points. The funding will introduce a new software engineering track within ReliaQuest Labs.<\/p>\n<p>TAMPA, Fla \u2014 The University of South Florida has received a $1.5 million investment from cybersecurity company ReliaQuest, aimed at expanding student opportunities in artificial intelligence and cybersecurity.\u00a0The funding will support programs within USF\u2019s Bellini College of Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity and Computing.\u00a0                    <\/p>\n<p>According to university officials, $1 million of the gift will establish the ReliaQuest AI and Cybersecurity Professorship, the college\u2019s first endowed faculty position. The remaining $500,000 will enhance the ReliaQuest Labs program, which provides students with hands-on experience in cybersecurity and related fields.                    <\/p>\n<p>University President Moez Limayem said the investment will strengthen USF\u2019s ability to attract top faculty and prepare students for evolving industry demands.\u00a0                    <\/p>\n<p>ReliaQuest founder and CEO Brian Murphy emphasized the growing complexity of cybersecurity challenges, noting the role artificial intelligence plays in shaping the field.                    <\/p>\n<p>The funding will also introduce a new software engineering track within ReliaQuest Labs, focusing on emerging areas such as prompt engineering.\u00a0                    <\/p>\n<p>Since its launch in 2018, the Labs program has graduated more than 300 students, many of whom have gone on to careers in cybersecurity.                    <\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ReliaQuest invests $1.5M in USF to expand AI, cybersecurity programs https:\/\/www.wtsp.com\/article\/news\/local\/hillsboroughcounty\/reliaquest-invests-15m-in-usf-ai-cybersecurity-programs\/67-8a8b4d75-dbda-42c5-a482-7468140c5c54 Publish Date: 2026-06-25 10:08:00&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":237065,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/media.wtsp.com\/assets\/WTSP\/images\/ba18eb9c-a036-40e9-ab32-a13ceeb1052a\/20250821T144610\/ba18eb9c-a036-40e9-ab32-a13ceeb1052a_1140x641.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[26,20,24],"class_list":["post-237064","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cybersecurity","tag-ai","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-cybersecurity"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237064"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=237064"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237064\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":237066,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237064\/revisions\/237066"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/237065"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=237064"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=237064"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=237064"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}