Active Clinic
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
UNLV Free Cyber Clinic helps small businesses mitigate cybersecurity risks at no cost. It offers security auditing, security policy and business continuity plan development, security device or software configuration, employee education, and cybersecurity recommendations. The service is performed at the client site and a comprehensive assessment report is provided to the clients. The clinic recruits students with interdisciplinary backgrounds, trains them with both technical and non-technical skills, and sponsors industrial certifications. It operates year-round allowing the clients to have the service when needed and the students can gradually improve their skills over multiple years.
Qualified students, after the training, are allowed to offer the services to clients and can build up valuable hands-on experience over multiple years while helping the community. The clinic partners with the UNLV Small Business Development Center and a number of cybersecurity firms around the country, which offers career opportunities to students and advanced services to selected clients.