{"id":198757,"date":"2024-06-04T08:00:15","date_gmt":"2024-06-04T18:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=198757"},"modified":"2024-06-04T17:23:23","modified_gmt":"2024-06-05T03:23:23","slug":"uh-to-launch-google-cybersecurity-clinics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2024\/06\/04\/uh-to-launch-google-cybersecurity-clinics\/","title":{"rendered":"UH<\/abbr> among 15 colleges to launch Google Cybersecurity Clinics"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>
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Beginning in January 2025, the University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span><\/a> Cybersecurity Clinics will offer a free online course in introductory cybersecurity topics to 500 UH<\/abbr> students over five years. It will provide information and access to internships and career opportunities in cybersecurity. UH<\/abbr> faculty will work with the students and provide mentoring and guidance through the process.<\/p>\n

UH<\/abbr> was selected to receive $1 million in grant funding and wraparound support from Google\u2019s Cybersecurity Clinics Fund<\/a> to establish the University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Cybersecurity Clinics. It is one of 15 new clinics set to launch at higher education institutions across the country, thanks to a collaboration between Google and the Consortium of Cybersecurity Clinics<\/a>. <\/p>\n

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“Cybersecurity clinics at higher education institutions provide free digital security services to under-resourced organizations, similar to how law or medical schools offer free community clinics,” said UH<\/abbr> Vice President for Information Technology and Chief Information Officer Garret Yoshimi. “UH<\/abbr>\u2019s new cybersecurity clinics will give students an opportunity to learn cybersecurity and artificial intelligence (AI<\/abbr>) skills in a hands-on manner, while helping to protect vulnerable organizations and critical infrastructure\u2014such as local small businesses, hospitals, schools and energy grids\u2014from cyber attacks.”<\/p>\n

Currently, there are nearly 450,000 open cybersecurity jobs<\/a> available in the U.S., including more than 4,000 in Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>, and demand for cyber professionals is projected to grow 32% by 2033. Cyber insecurity remains one of the top 10 global risks over the next 10 years, according to the World Economic Forum’s 2024 Global Risks Report<\/a>. To ensure that communities, critical infrastructure and businesses big and small across the U.S. are secure, a skilled, diverse and AI<\/abbr> savvy cybersecurity workforce is required.<\/p>\n

“The world is in a moment where emerging technologies, like AI<\/abbr>, are creating both new opportunities and threats in the world of cybersecurity,” said Heather Adkins, vice president of security engineering at Google. “It\u2019s essential that we invest in growing a strong, diverse and widespread cybersecurity workforce to help protect everyone\u2014from critical infrastructure to small businesses and schools. The 15 clinics that we\u2019re helping to establish serve a wide variety of students across all corners of the U.S. and we\u2019re excited to see the impact they\u2019ll have in their local communities.”<\/p>\n

The University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Cybersecurity Clinics will be primarily based at UH<\/abbr> Maui College<\/a> but will collaborate with other campuses throughout the UH<\/abbr> System. The project will also work with various organizations across the state, such as the CIO<\/abbr> Council and local employers, to train workers to secure the critical infrastructure in Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>.<\/p>\n

In addition to $1 million, Google is offering volunteer mentorship from Google employees, Google Titan Security Keys<\/a> (hardware passkeys that use two-factor authentication to protect Google accounts from phishing attacks and hacking), and scholarships for the Google Career Certificate in Cybersecurity<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“Google’s transformative investment is catalyzing cybersecurity for the public good,” says Ann Cleaveland, co-founder and co-chair of the Consortium of Cybersecurity Clinics and executive director of the UC Berkeley Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity. “We congratulate the recipients and applaud these awards, which propel forward the vision of the Consortium to establish a cybersecurity clinic in every U.S. state by 2030.”<\/p>\n

The announcement builds on Google\u2019s 2023 support for 10 clinics, part of a combined commitment to launch 25 Google-supported cyber clinics nationwide by 2025. Google.org has already committed more than $25 million to this project.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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