FELLOWSHIP ALERT

Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco on Friday announced the establishment of a fellowship program at the Justice Department to help train future prosecutors and attorneys in how to handle cases involving cybersecurity concerns.

The Cyber Fellowship Program will be a three-year course run through the Justice Department’s Criminal Division that is aimed at training attorneys to handle and prosecute a variety of cybersecurity-related cases.

These include cases involving state-sponsored cybersecurity threats, ransomware attacks, the use of cryptocurrency in relation to cyberattacks, and other related issues.

“As we have witnessed this past year, cyber threats pose a significant and increasing risk to our national security, our economic security, and our personal security,” Monaco said in a statement Friday. “We need to develop the next generation of prosecutors with the training and experience necessary to combat the next generation of cyber threats.