Paul Tortora & Zac Dannelly: How cybersecurity education is changing the Navy

When the Naval Academy graduated its first set of cybersecurity majors a year ago, the group included submariners, surface warfare experts, pilots and Marines. Many...

Retired Capt. Paul Tortora and Ensign Zac Dannelly

When the Naval Academy graduated its first set of cybersecurity majors a year ago, the group included submariners, surface warfare experts, pilots and Marines. Many seemed destined for great careers. Federal Drive with Tom Temin spoke with Retired Capt. Paul Tortora, director of the center for Cybersecurity Studies at the Academy, and Ensign Zac Dannelly, the top performer in that first graduating class, to find out how cybersecurity education is changing the Navy.

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