{"id":212906,"date":"2025-03-28T10:35:20","date_gmt":"2025-03-28T20:35:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=212906"},"modified":"2025-03-28T10:35:20","modified_gmt":"2025-03-28T20:35:20","slug":"free-cybersecurity-training-uh-maui-college","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2025\/03\/28\/free-cybersecurity-training-uh-maui-college\/","title":{"rendered":"Free cybersecurity training through <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Maui College"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><figure id=\"attachment_212907\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-212907\" style=\"width: 676px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/maui-cybersecurity-students-2.jpg\" alt=\"Students looking at a laptop\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"size-full wp-image-212907\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/maui-cybersecurity-students-2.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/maui-cybersecurity-students-2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/maui-cybersecurity-students-2-130x73.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-212907\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><abbr>UH<\/abbr> Maui College students reviewing incident report results<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Maui College invites prospective students nationwide to register for the cutting-edge cybersecurity workforce development program <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Immersive Workforce, funded by a $500,000 U.S. National Security Agency grant.<\/p>\n<p><abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> Maui College, in partnership with the University of New Haven, is offering a free, fully online, skills-based training program designed to prepare participants for careers in four critical infrastructure sectors: energy, government facilities, finance and telecommunications. Applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_212908\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-212908\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/maui-cybersecurity-students-1-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Students looking at a tablet\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-212908\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/maui-cybersecurity-students-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/maui-cybersecurity-students-1-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/maui-cybersecurity-students-1.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-212908\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><abbr>UH<\/abbr> Maui College students discussing cyber vulnerabilities<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The training consists of live weekly Zoom lectures at 4:30 p.m. <abbr>HST<\/abbr> (attendance is required). Scholarships cover tuition, course materials, and certification exam vouchers. Participants may earn certificates, badges, credits toward a certificate of competence and prepare for industry-recognized certifications (CompTIA Network+ and Security+). They will also connect with faculty and industry experts in <abbr>AI<\/abbr> and cybersecurity. The cohort has a maximum of 30 students.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/uhcc.hawaii.edu\/goodjobshawaii\/enrollment\/index.php?grpid=15430301&#038;cid=11191317&#038;cn=COM6200&#038;sec=002\">Register by May 15, 2025<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&ldquo;This is an important upskilling opportunity for in-demand cybersecurity jobs,&rdquo; said Principal Investigator Debasis Bhattacharya. &ldquo;Veterans, transitioning military, military spouses and first responders are strongly encouraged to apply.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<h2>Program Details<\/h2>\n<p>Participants who complete the program will earn a certificate of competence from <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Maui College after taking the following courses:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Summer Session <abbr title=\"2\">II<\/abbr><\/strong> (July&#8211;August 2025): <abbr>ICS<\/abbr> 101&#8212;Digital Tools for the Information World (3 credits)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Fall Semester 2025<\/strong>: <abbr>ICS<\/abbr> 169&#8212;Introduction to Information Security (3 credits), mapped to Google Cybersecurity Certification<\/li>\n<li><strong>Spring Semester 2026<\/strong>: <abbr>ICS<\/abbr> 184&#8212;Introduction to Networking (3 credits), mapped to CompTIA Network+ Certification<\/li>\n<li><strong>Fall Semester 2026<\/strong>: <abbr>ICS<\/abbr> 171&#8212;Introduction to Computer Security (3 credits), mapped to CompTIA Security+ Certification<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This initiative complements the <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Community Colleges <a href=\"https:\/\/uhcc.hawaii.edu\/goodjobshawaii\/\">Good Jobs <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span><\/a> program by offering introductory and immersive cybersecurity certificates tailored for state and local employees, small businesses and nonprofits.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><abbr>UH<\/abbr> Maui College offers cybersecurity scholarships, industry certifications and career pathways.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[749,1614,416,71,60],"class_list":["post-212906","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academic-news","tag-cybersecurity","tag-good-jobs-hawaii","tag-information-technology","tag-uh-community-colleges","tag-maui-college","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212906","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=212906"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212906\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":212912,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212906\/revisions\/212912"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=212906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=212906"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=212906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}