Active Clinic
Rochester Institute of Technology
RIT’s ESL Global Cybersecurity Institute educates and trains cybersecurity professionals; develops new cybersecurity knowledge and technologies; and provides cybersecurity services for a wide range of partners. Its state-of-the-art Cyber Range simulates realistic cyber attack scenarios for training purposes and hosts collegiate cyber offense/defense competitions with global participation.
RIT students, faculty and the professional staff help evaluate and audit critical systems/applications by providing services such as penetration testing, automated vulnerability analysis, product security audits to community partners as part of their coursework, apprenticeships and capstone projects. The clinic's clients include municipalities, non-profits, schools, small and medium sized businesses as well as few local large corporations. These services help businesses and community organizations improve their cybersecurity awareness and defenses, while providing our students, faculty, and staff with continuous experience of solving real-world problems and opportunities to contextualize classroom lectures with contemporary practice from industry.