PROPEL and Southern Company Announce Launch of Inaugural HBCU-Focused Cybersecurity Consortium
ATLANTA, April 24, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- PROPEL, a first-of-its-kind innovation hub for 2-year and 4-year Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), announces the launch of a pioneering cybersecurity consortium. The PROPEL HBCU Cybersecurity Consortium (HCC), created in partnership with Southern Company, was founded on the principles of collaboration, leadership, innovation and foresight.
- Consortium advances future-focused workforce opportunities, unlocks cyber career pathways
ATLANTA, April 24, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- PROPEL, a first-of-its-kind innovation hub for 2-year and 4-year Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), announces the launch of a pioneering cybersecurity consortium. - The PROPEL HBCU Cybersecurity Consortium (HCC), created in partnership with Southern Company, was founded on the principles of collaboration, leadership, innovation and foresight.
- "PROPEL's consortium will set a benchmark for developing a future workforce that is well equipped to address and solve the cybersecurity needs of today and tomorrow," said chairman, president and CEO of Southern Company Chris Womack.
- PROPEL is proud to launch HCC's first two programs both aimed at elevating HBCU faculty and student expertise and skills in cybersecurity.