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High school students suit up as cyber warriors at UNG
Residential program teaches participants about computer security
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Bryson Payne, director of the University of North Georgia’s Center for Cyber Operations Education, talks Thursday to the first group of high school students in the Cyber Warriors program. - photo by RON BRIDGEMAN
Bryson Payne quickly and easily rattled off phrases like tactical network penetration, black box testing and cyber first principles Thursday to a class of nearly 40 students. They paid close attention, some nodding at one of his comments. The computer science professor at the University of North Georgia is director of the university’s Center for Cyber Operations Education, which focuses on cybersecurity, cyber operations and cyber defense.