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A recent Cyber Saguaros student club and College of Information Science tour of Tucson Electric Power’s Security Operations Center offered a rare glimpse into protecting critical infrastructure, and launched BAS in Cyber Operations student Jesse Ceja toward a competitive industry internship.

Proximity changes what’s possible. When students, industry leaders, researchers and decision-makers share the same room, ideas move faster and futures feel closer. That was the atmosphere at the U of A Scottsdale Center as more than 140 industry leaders, entrepreneurs, students, faculty, alumni and community partners gathered for the Arizona Technology Council’s Q1 VIP Tech Mixer, hosted by the College of Information Science.

Arizona’s cybersecurity workforce took a major step forward this fall with the launch of the state’s first community college-based security operations center at Pima Community College—an effort strengthened by the U of A’s early coordination, continued partnership and expanded pathways for student experiential learning.