MADISON, S.D. (KELO) — A South Dakota school known for its role in cybersecurity is expanding its educational resources.

A new cybersecurity clinic launched Wednesday afternoon on the Dakota State University campus with the help of a $1,000,000 grant from Google.

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“We started out with a smaller grant from Google. As a result of working with Google and they’re learning about what we were doing, they suggested we apply for a Google clinic,” Dakota State University President Jose-Marie Griffiths said.

The clinic allows DSU students to work hands-on with small businesses. It also supports those businesses which might not have the money to hire a large cybersecurity staff.

“This clinic is going to be a real asset for South Dakota and far beyond,” Representative Dusty Johnson said. “This is going to allow people to go out and make sure that small businesses are protected in the way they need to be protected.”

During a career panel discussion, speakers emphasized the growing need for more cybersecurity resources.

“We seem to have, as a society, a tendency to roll technology out faster than we think about securing it,” Google Security Engineer Joshua Stroschein said. “You’re already seeing ways in which AI can be jailbroken and prompts can be injected to reveal sensitive information or provide or direction to provide misleading information.”

The million-dollar grant will fund the clinic for up to six years.