Up to $250,000 in grants available for projects that simplify security, build workforce skills, and advance cyber education
The Center for Internet Security, Inc. (CIS®) today announced the launch of the fourth year of the Alan Paller Laureate Program, continuing its mission to honor the legacy of Alan Paller, a visionary leader in cybersecurity and co-founder of CIS and the SANS Institute. The program offers grants of up to $250,000 to U.S.-based nonprofit organizations, academic institutions, and individuals working on practical, measurable innovations that strengthen cyber defense.
The Laureate Program reflects Paller’s lifelong commitment to advancing cybersecurity by seeking people and projects that make security controls easier to implement, expand the pipeline of skilled cyber professionals, and improve the teaching of cyber defense at all levels.
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“Alan saw early, the need for highly qualified, highly technical people to really engage in the cyber fight,” said Tony Sager, CIS’s Senior Vice President and Chief Evangelist. “His gift was to find good people doing good things, connect them with others and give them the resources to turn them into great people doing great things.”
Last year’s recipient, Purdue University’s Cyber Technical Assistance Program (cyberTAP), used the grant to deliver tailored cybersecurity services to rural electric cooperatives and underserved infrastructure providers. “This funding empowers us to develop and deliver targeted cybersecurity services that strengthen America’s energy grid,” said George Bailey, Director of Purdue cyberTAP.
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