Schools and small businesses will receive free security consulting and monitoring from Metropolitan State University students at the cyber hub, which also will help the students launch companies.
A new cyber clinic coming this fall to St. Paul — connected to Metropolitan State University and funded with $1.6 million in federal money — will provide free intelligence and monitoring services to those smaller firms.
Neighborhood Development Center, a St. Paul nonprofit community development financial institution leading the remodeling of the 7th Street building to make it a cyber hub, will provide training and business formation support to students who choose to start a cyber services company, which will incubate within the clinic.
U.S. Rep. Betty McCollum, D-Minn., secured the funds in 2023 to help Metro State and the NDC develop the Cyber Entrepreneurship Center and Security Operations Center.