{"id":254547,"date":"2026-05-23T22:37:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-24T02:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/23\/university-of-cincinnati-receives-227k-to-expand-cybersecurity-training\/"},"modified":"2026-05-25T01:50:25","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T05:50:25","slug":"university-of-cincinnati-receives-227k-to-expand-cybersecurity-training","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/23\/university-of-cincinnati-receives-227k-to-expand-cybersecurity-training\/","title":{"rendered":"University of Cincinnati receives $227K to expand cybersecurity training"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/local12.com\/news\/local\/university-of-cincinnati-receives-227000-to-expand-cybersecurity-training-state-funding-cyber-range-ohio\">University of Cincinnati receives $227K to expand cybersecurity training<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/local12.com\/news\/local\/university-of-cincinnati-receives-227000-to-expand-cybersecurity-training-state-funding-cyber-range-ohio\">https:\/\/local12.com\/news\/local\/university-of-cincinnati-receives-227000-to-expand-cybersecurity-training-state-funding-cyber-range-ohio<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-05-23 22:37:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"local12.com\">local12.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>COLUMBUS, Ohio (WKRC) &#8211; The Ohio Controlling Board approved $227,000 for the University of Cincinnati to expand the Ohio Cyber Range, a statewide cybersecurity training and testing initiative, according to State Rep. Cecil Thomas.<\/p>\n<p>The funding will allow UC to purchase equipment to enhance the cyber range\u2019s training capabilities for students, educators, government agencies and industry partners.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis investment will help strengthen Ohio\u2019s cybersecurity infrastructure while also preparing students and professionals for careers in a rapidly growing field,\u201d Thomas said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>The Ohio Cyber Range is designed to provide hands-on cybersecurity training and simulated environments aimed at improving preparedness against cyber threats.<\/p>\n<p>State officials said the project supports Ohio\u2019s broader efforts to strengthen cybersecurity workforce development and public-private sector resilience.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/local12.com\/news\/local\/university-of-cincinnati-receives-227000-to-expand-cybersecurity-training-state-funding-cyber-range-ohio\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>University of Cincinnati receives $227K to expand cybersecurity training https:\/\/local12.com\/news\/local\/university-of-cincinnati-receives-227000-to-expand-cybersecurity-training-state-funding-cyber-range-ohio Publish Date: 2026-05-23 22:37:00 Source&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":254548,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/local12.com\/resources\/media2\/16x9\/1672\/1320\/0x1\/90\/85cc1899-a69a-478b-87e2-2930fd83c3e1-d5655ad5d1d04b609ce9879791d27718.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-254547","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\/254547"}],"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=254547"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254547\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":254549,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254547\/revisions\/254549"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/254548"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=254547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=254547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=254547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}