In 2018, 90 million Facebook accounts were compromised in a security breach.
The 2017 Equifax data breach may have exposed private information belonging to 143 million people—including Social Security numbers, birthdays and addresses.
Every two seconds, another American falls victim to identity theft due to a cyber breach.
In the face of emerging technology and cyber threats, it’s clear that individuals, businesses and organizations are unprepared to defend themselves against hackers and cyber attacks.
“It used to be that the drug trade was the biggest crime in the world,” said M. Afzal Upal, Ph.D., chair of the Department of Computing and Information Science at Mercyhurst University. “Today, cybercrime has surpassed the drug trade to become the largest criminal enterprise in the world, costing the world economy trillions of dollars every year.”
This changing cyber landscape is one of the primary reasons why more and more colleges and universities are launching cyber security programs — and in northwestern Pennsylvania, Mercyhurst University is on the cutting edge.
“Cyber education represents the next great opportunity for Mercyhurst, giving us the chance to…
