POLK COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) - Inside the iconic Florida Polytechnic University, visible from I-4, students are getting paid to help protect the university from cyber attacks and develop new solutions for the community.

"We have analyst, architect and engineer,” said Garrett Poorbaugh.

Inside the “SOC,” they need all three.

“You can't just have somebody that knows how to do cybersecurity on the analyst side or somebody that can solve problems, you also need somebody to connect all the dots. So in that way, all three people are equally important,” said Poorbaugh.

Poorbaugh is principal architect at Sittadel, a Lakeland-based firm that helps small and mid-sized businesses with their cybersecurity needs.

Citadel is partnering with Florida Polytechnic University on their new “Security Operati

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