Grant provides scholarships for Georgia State students studying cybersecurity

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Georgia State is receiving a $3.9 million dollar grant to help develop more cybersecurity professionals (Emil Moffatt/WABE)

Georgia State University is set to receive nearly $4 million in federal grant money over the next five years to help fill a shortage of cybersecurity professionals.

The funding comes at a time of increasing cyber threats.

“Even though a lot of universities are trying to produce more cybersecurity talent, the shortages are still there,” said Daniel Takabi, a computer science professor at Georgia State.