All colleges and universities have been ramping up their cybersecurity efforts during the past decade, but where do the trained professionals to meet their needs – and those of other industries – earn their credentials?

Regent University has started providing an answer to that question during the past couple of years by building a state of the art “cyber range” on its Virginia Beach campus. “There will be a significant shortage of trained professionals in this space in the next few years,” says Gerson Moreno-Riaño, executive vice president for academic affairs. “That’s to the detriment of our country.”