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Peoria Unified youths take up gauntlet for cybersecurity

Cactus High students to be featured at national cybersecurity conference

Cactus High School senior Cougarjade Reyes, right, will be a keynote speaker at the NICE K12 Cybersecurity Education Conference Dec. 4-5 in Phoenix. Cactus junior Tyler Black, left, will be part of the student panel during the conference.

Courtesy Peoria Unified School District

As the world becomes more and more dependent on the internet, the cybersecurity industry is going to need more good guys to take up the gauntlet and protect private information.

In the last year, 34.5% of polled executives reported their organizations were targeted, according to a Deloitte Center for Controllership poll.

Add to that, the cost of cybercrime is predicted to reach $10.5 trillion by 2025, according to Cybersecurity Ventures.

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