{"id":72059,"date":"2021-03-12T10:32:09","date_gmt":"2021-03-12T15:32:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/met\/?p=72059"},"modified":"2024-08-21T16:04:06","modified_gmt":"2024-08-21T20:04:06","slug":"forbes-list-cis-alum-donnelly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/met\/news\/forbes-list-cis-alum-donnelly\/","title":{"rendered":"Securing Forbes\u2019s Honor Another Goal Met for CIS Alum Sean Donnelly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Being named to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/met\/news\/cis-alum-sean-donnelly-named-to-forbes-list-for-educational-cybersecurity-work\/\"><em>Forbes<\/em> magazine\u2019s prestigious \u201c30 Under 30\u201d list<\/a> of industrialists on the rise\u00a0wasn\u2019t just an honor for Resolvn founder Sean Donnelly (MET\u201918); it was an ambition.<\/p>\n<p>For the successes of the modular cybersecurity training firm he launched the year he graduated, Donnelly, 29, has been recognized as one of 2021\u2019s 600 \u201cbrightest young entrepreneurs, leaders, and stars.\u201d It\u2019s a prize he\u2019d long had his sights on.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt seems silly in the grand scheme of things, but it\u2019s been a personal goal of mine for a few years,\u201d Donnelly told <em>Bostonia<\/em>. \u201cThis was the last year I was eligible, so I was relieved.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A stint with the Navy revealed to Donnelly the growing digital threats all industries are facing, and the critical need for accessible, technical training in cybersecurity. So, he crafted a business to help meet that challenge, providing clients with guided instruction to detect and respond to cyber threats.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re a cybersecurity research company that leverages our talent to build education and training products,\u201d he says. \u201cAny organization using our library to train cyber-work roles has access to hundreds of hours of hands-on material.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Today, Donnelly and his team have secured nearly $11 million in client contracts, primarily US government agencies. One of five Boston University alumni to make <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/profile\/sean-donnelly\/?sh=274e96aa165e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Forbes<\/em><\/a>\u2019s 2021 list, Donnelly earned his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/met\/programs\/computer-information-systems\/\">Master of Science in Computer Information Systems<\/a> at BU MET.<\/p>\n<p>Read more in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/articles\/2021\/five-bu-alums-on-forbes-2021-30-under-30-lists\/?utm_campaign=bu_today&amp;utm_source=email_20210224_faculty_staff_others\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Bostonia<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Being named to Forbes magazine\u2019s prestigious \u201c30 Under 30\u201d list of industrialists on the rise\u00a0wasn\u2019t just an honor for Resolvn founder Sean Donnelly (MET\u201918); it was an ambition. For the successes of the modular cybersecurity training firm he launched the year he graduated, Donnelly, 29, has been recognized as one of 2021\u2019s 600 \u201cbrightest young [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13440,"featured_media":72094,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[40,103,185,37,192,140],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/met\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72059"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/met\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/met\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/met\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13440"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/met\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72059"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/met\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72059\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72060,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/met\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72059\/revisions\/72060"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/met\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72094"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/met\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72059"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/met\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72059"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/met\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72059"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}