Last updated at Thu, 16 May 2024 18:11:49 GMT
上个星期五, 4月19日, the University of South Florida (USF) College of Engineering recognized individuals 和 organizations who have greatly impacted USF 和 beyond at its ninth annual Engineering Honors 奖 at The Armature Works in Tampa. I had the honor of joining my colleagues, including Rapid7 CEO, 科里·托马斯, who accepted the Corporate Impact Award on behalf of the company.
The Corporate Impact Award is among the highest 和 most prestigious recognitions given by the College of Engineering. It recognizes Rapid7’s significant contributions to the College 和 its students. Receiving this award is incredibly gratifying for the Rapid7 Labs team as well as the greater Rapid7 organization.
In February 2023, the Rapid7 Cybersecurity Foundation invested in USF to create the Rapid7 Cyber 威胁情报 Lab. 此外，Rapid7是 积极地工作 with a multi-disciplinary team at USF to research 和 develop training to better educate students for taking SOC roles, funded by the National Science Foundation 和 the Office of Naval 研究.
Equally important has been Rapid7’s enthusiasm for directly working with researchers, 教授, 和学生. Our Open Data Initiative provides real-world data derived from internet scans 和 honeypot data. We support research into training future SOC professionals by exposing them to teams working to protect our networks. A significant number of our teammates in Rapid7’s Tampa office are graduates from University of South Florida, 我们的目标是延续这一趋势.
The future of Rapid7 和 USF is bright, especially with the 最近宣布 of the formation of the College of AI 和 Cybersecurity at University of South Florida.
Rapid7 would like to not only thank the USF College of Engineering for recognizing our efforts in supporting the College, 但更重要的是, we want to thank them for being a great partner in driving research in the cybersecurity field as well as working alongside us to train the next generation of professionals. The future of cybersecurity depends on helping today’s students gain the tools they need to be successful, an area where University of South Florida excels.
