ATHENS, Ga. — The University of Georgia and the U.S. Army’s Cybersecurity Command could soon be exchanging students and workers.
A civilian Army official, Ronald Pontius, says the command would take up University of Georgia Vice President for Research David Lee’s offer during a UGA conference on informatics, or big data.
Pontius is deputy to the commanding general of the U.S. Army Cyber Command, The Athens Banner-Herald reported.
At a recent conference in Athens, Pontius said the U.S. Army Cyber Command in east Georgia is looking to build partnerships with the University of Georgia. He suggested that possible collaborations with the university could include internships, research projects and young Cyber Command workers studying at UGA, among other ideas.
When Army Cyber was authorized in 2009, it was the Army’s first new command in 30 years, since Special Forces in 1987, Pontius said. Army officials deemed the new command fully operational last month. And soon, its headquarters will move from 11 buildings scattered across three states to Augusta’s Fort Gordon, Pontius said.
The new command is a part of the U.S. Cyber Command, which also includes Navy, Marine, Air Force and Coast Guard units.
