Careers in cybersecurity – Los Angeles Standard Newspaper
Careers in cybersecurity – Los Angeles Standard Newspaper
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Publish Date: 2026-03-21 21:43:00
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Curtis Carpenter, a senior information technology security analyst, and David Kinder, a cloud/automation engineer.
By Jason Lewis
Today people live in a cyber world. Automation has connected many daily tasks and systems that people rely on to various forms of technology, with most of those being connected to the Internet. The reliance on technology has led to the need for cybersecurity to protect systems, networks, and data from digital attacks.
“Anything that you can connect to the Internet, those things are vulnerable,” said Curtis Carpenter, senior information technology security analyst at California State Polytechnic University-Pomona. “We have them on the same home networks that we have our computers on that have our taxes. So it’s not something that only affects a few people or large businesses. This affects all of us.”
There is a large cybersecurity industry to ensure that people’s information is protected. Like many technology fields, there are more available jobs than people trained to do them, and Black professionals are underrepresented in those fields.
“Our world is increasingly becoming dependent on technology and as that happens, there’s going to continue to be a need for…
