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In Part 2 of a series looking at winners of the inaugural Gula Tech Foundation grant competition, we meet Robert Vaughn, head of the nonprofit's National Instructors Institute, whose chance meeting with a stranger a gas station led to career transformation.

Darold Kelly Jr. is CEO of the Black Cybersecurity Association, which helps underserved individuals – especially African-Americans – land careers in cyber. He is one of three recipients of grants from the Gula Tech Foundation for increasing African American engagement in cybersecurity.

As Black History Month drew to a close and Women’s Month began, BlackGirlsHack founder Tennisha Martin discussed with SC Media the barriers to diversity in the cybersecurity workforce and how a recent partnership with RangeForce will help the non-profit contribute to change.

Companies with a good security culture are 52x less likely to practice risky credential sharing than orgs with a poor security culture.

Future plans for the methodology include the incorporation of operational data gathered from multiple organizations.

The partnership will allow the two organizations to share research, expertise and personnel as they explore new technologies and workforce solutions in cybersecurity, autonomous systems, microelectronics, and other areas.

South Carolina becomes the latest region to invest in cybersecurity capacity as foundational to grow the economy, coordinating opportunities from across state government, multiple state universities, local industry, and critical infrastructure.