{"id":240352,"date":"2026-05-06T12:32:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T16:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/06\/lsu-clinic-to-expand-free-cybersecurity-services-with-1-million-google-grant\/"},"modified":"2026-05-06T13:05:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T17:05:07","slug":"lsu-clinic-to-expand-free-cybersecurity-services-with-1-million-google-grant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/06\/lsu-clinic-to-expand-free-cybersecurity-services-with-1-million-google-grant\/","title":{"rendered":"LSU clinic to expand free cybersecurity services with $1 million Google grant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wbrz.com\/news\/lsu-clinic-to-expand-free-cybersecurity-services-with-1-million-google-grant\/\">LSU clinic to expand free cybersecurity services with $1 million Google grant<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wbrz.com\/news\/lsu-clinic-to-expand-free-cybersecurity-services-with-1-million-google-grant\/\">https:\/\/www.wbrz.com\/news\/lsu-clinic-to-expand-free-cybersecurity-services-with-1-million-google-grant\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-05-06 12:32:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.wbrz.com\">www.wbrz.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>BATON ROUGE \u2014 The LSU Cybersecurity Clinic has received a $1 million grant from Google.org to expand its free cybersecurity education and evaluation services for Louisiana businesses and government clients.<\/p>\n<p>Google.org is the philanthropic arm of the tech company. The clinic combines hands-on student learning with community service across the state.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Navigating the recent increase in disruptive cyber-attacks on essential services \u2014 from local power grids to hospitals \u2014 will rely on a strong cyber workforce capable of defending against everyday threats,&#8221; said Maab Ibrahim, Head of Knowledge, Skills and Learning for the Americas with Google.org.<\/p>\n<p>Founded in 2023, the clinic trains and certifies engineering and business students in cybersecurity. It also provides educational seminars and industry-standard assessments to Louisiana small business owners at no cost.<\/p>\n<p>College of Engineering associate professor Aisha Ali-Gombe serves as director of the clinic, which is supported by three staff members.<\/p>\n<p>So far, students have helped more than 70 Louisiana small business owners through seminars covering risks posed by cyber criminals and how to better protect against fraud, stolen data and service disruptions.<\/p>\n<p>Students have also completed 22 in-depth cybersecurity assessments for small business clients across sectors, including finance, healthcare, marketing, manufacturing, defense, construction and roofing, education and childcare and architecture and engineering.<\/p>\n<p>The grant will allow a major expansion of the program, extending protections to critical infrastructure across the state, from water treatment facilities to oil wells and chemical plants.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wbrz.com\/news\/lsu-clinic-to-expand-free-cybersecurity-services-with-1-million-google-grant\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LSU clinic to expand free cybersecurity services with $1 million Google grant https:\/\/www.wbrz.com\/news\/lsu-clinic-to-expand-free-cybersecurity-services-with-1-million-google-grant\/ Publish Date:&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":240353,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dcer237tfveol.cloudfront.net\/v2\/yUEfbWmjaToJTehpKFPbQweT62gKuBc0xz-z-CB7Hti6-B1a7j0bg7hNaUh2bePUiFTVMxRaGHrE9ynpPM42mvBS_zgs4Hv9yz8aDmfK8obVcj0uifVXQpiq9NuWZqy4E","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-240352","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cybersecurity"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240352"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=240352"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240352\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":240354,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240352\/revisions\/240354"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/240353"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=240352"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=240352"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=240352"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}