072. Building Cyber Leaders from the Ground Up: Inside Loyola Blakefield’s Award-Winning Cyber Program

What does it take to build a cybersecurity program that prepares students to make a real-world, global impact, before they graduate high school?

In this episode of #CyberChats, we go behind the scenes with Steve Morrill, Director of Information Technology at Loyola Blakefield and founder of its nationally recognized Cyber Science Program. With more than 20 years in technology education across higher education and secondary schools, Steve shares how the program began, how it operates, and why its approach to hands-on learning works. We dive into how students are being educated, trained, and empowered to support cyber teams around the world, and their very impressive accomplishments.

Whether you’re an educator, industry professional, or simply passionate about growing the cyber workforce, this is an episode you won’t want to miss. Recorded LIVE at Cyber Saturday!

Topics discussed: cybersecurity education, certifications, capture the flag, CTF, global missions

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