{"id":111304,"date":"2020-02-13T15:42:07","date_gmt":"2020-02-14T01:42:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=111304"},"modified":"2020-02-13T15:42:07","modified_gmt":"2020-02-14T01:42:07","slug":"uhwo-nsa-partnership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2020\/02\/13\/uhwo-nsa-partnership\/","title":{"rendered":"NSA<\/abbr>, UH<\/abbr> West O\u2018ahu strengthen cyber security partnership"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>
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UH<\/abbr> West Oʻahu<\/span> Cyber Security Coordination Center student interns, from left, Warren Domingo, Guy Nguyen-Phuoc, Jarren Buendia, Edgar Namoca and Brandon Chun at the CSCC<\/abbr>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Leadership from the National Security Agency Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span><\/a> visited the University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>–West Oʻahu<\/span> Cyber Security Coordination Center<\/a> (CSCC<\/abbr>) in February bolstering the partnership between the university and intelligence organization.<\/p>\n

NSA<\/abbr> Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> officials were invited to CSCC<\/abbr> to attend a weekly update, featuring presentations by the center\u2019s five student interns: Global Cyber Analyst Jarren Buendia<\/strong>, Cyber Vulnerabilities Analyst Warren Domingo<\/strong>, Cybersecurity Best Practices Analyst Guy Nguyen-Phuoc<\/strong>, Digital Forensics Analyst Brandon Chun<\/strong> and Cybersecurity of Industrial Control Systems Analyst Edgar Namoca<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Matthew A. Chapman<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“The cybersecurity program within the business division at the University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>—West Oʻahu<\/span> has built a strong relationship with NSA<\/abbr> Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> since the program earned designation by the National Security Agency and Department of Homeland Security as a National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense Education in 2016<\/a>,” said Matthew A. Chapman<\/strong>, UH<\/abbr> West Oʻahu<\/span> professor of computer science and cybersecurity and head of the campus\u02bb cybersecurity program. UH<\/abbr> West Oʻahu<\/span> was the first four-year university in the state to achieve this.<\/p>\n

Both NSA<\/abbr> Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> and UH<\/abbr> West Oʻahu<\/span><\/a> have a shared goal to grow the cyber workforce in Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> to protect our state and national interests, specifically the protection of our critical infrastructure, Chapman said.<\/p>\n

“This partnership benefits our students with summer internships, our graduates with jobs, and our state with a local, highly technical, cybersecurity workforce that best understands our unique culture and the unique cybersecurity challenges in Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>,” said Chapman, adding that these students twice won the National Championship (2016 and 2018) in the National Cyber League against both undergraduate and graduate students across the United States.<\/p>\n

“Our partnership also benefits both military and civilian employees of NSA<\/abbr> Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> who enroll in our cybersecurity programs to complete their bachelor\u2019s degree or complete individual courses to increase their technical and cyber skills,” he said.<\/p>\n

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—By Zenaida Serrano Arvman<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The National Security Agency of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> is bolstering its partnership with UH<\/abbr> West Oʻahu<\/span>\u2019s Cyber Security Coordination Center<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[749,906,59],"class_list":["post-111304","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academic-news","tag-cybersecurity","tag-e-kamakani-hou","tag-uh-west-oahu","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t