COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — More students are turning to cybersecurity for a career path as data breaches and online scams continue to rise across Colorado .

At Pikes Peak State College, Cybersecurity Professor Nathan Roskop says his department has seen a 23% increase in enrollment in Fall 2025, compared to the Fall 2024 school semester.

As the digital world expands, the need to defend it grows, he said. The urgency becomes clearer when examining who is falling victim to online scams.

"Certain groups are disproportionately affected because they're not trained," Roskop said. "They may not have ever heard of Cybersecurity Awareness Month. So I think it's super critical to get the word out to all languages and to all different groups of people."

Cybersecurity Awareness Month kicked off on

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