UConn launches $1 million cybersecurity lab to teach students how to fight hackers

Altek’s Chairman and Founder instrumental in making this possible.

UConn officially launched its cybersecurity program on Wednesday, with the opening of a $1 million lab donated by alumni brothers Stephen ’54 and Samuel Altschuler ’50. The curriculum teaches students hacking skills in a controlled environment, so they can use this knowledge to stop real hackers “in the wild.” Read the full Hartford Courant article.