07/13/2026California,Global OnlineExperiential LearningBrenden Padilla is building the technical and professional skills needed for today's cybersecurity workforceBrenden Padilla knows that cybersecurity is a field where experience matters just as much as education. That's why the PennWest Global Online student is spending his internship at Ford Office Technologies immersed in the day-to-day work of protecting organizations from cyber threats while putting the concepts he's learned in the classroom into practice.