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Cardinal Conversation: The impact of the Commonwealth Cyber Initiative

The Commonwealth Cyber Initiative was established by the General Assembly to attract investment in cybersecurity research and development to Virginia's smaller colleges and universities. Those schools have been hard-pressed to compete for funding against larger institutions. Cardinal News reporter Tad Dickens wrote about CCI and spoke with Fred Echols.

Cardinal News is a nonprofit, online, independent news organization covering Southwest and Southside Virginia.

Fred Echols is a producer/reporter for Radio IQ.