Sam Williams

Sam Williams, in collaboration with Chiwoo Chang (University of Virginia’s College at Wise), was recognized on June 3^rd as the first-place winner of the Student Entrepreneurial Ideation Challenge by the Commonwealth Cyber Initiative and CivilianCyber. Teams from across Southwest Virginia were tasked with designing strategies for common small business cybersecurity challenges. The approaches developed by the teams were then presented before a panel of judges that included IT professionals. Sam was quoted at the event explaining that “Trying to put a sticker price on peace of mind was very difficult, but I feel like I have a better understanding of how hard it is to balance talent, time, and business operations with security….This challenge showed me that I’ve come a long way, but there are still many skills to master.” Radford university students Adam Flowers, Sandie Hill, and John Ramsoodar were recognized with Third place for their project on “How to Counter Cyberattacks in Small Business.”