{"id":37540,"date":"2015-08-17T15:33:52","date_gmt":"2015-08-18T01:33:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=37540"},"modified":"2021-08-06T10:01:56","modified_gmt":"2021-08-06T20:01:56","slug":"honolulu-cc-nationally-recognized-as-cybersecurity-training-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2015\/08\/17\/honolulu-cc-nationally-recognized-as-cybersecurity-training-center\/","title":{"rendered":"Honolulu CC<\/abbr> nationally recognized as cybersecurity training center"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>

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Honolulu Community College<\/a> received its re-designation as a National Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance\/Cyber Defense for Two-Year Education<\/a> (CAE2Y IA\/CD<\/abbr>) at the Colloquium for Information Systems Security Education held in Las Vegas, Nevada this summer. Honolulu CC<\/abbr> is now one of only 31 junior and community colleges nationwide to hold this distinction.<\/p>\n

The CAE2Y IA\/CD<\/abbr> program, which is jointly sponsored by the National Security Agency<\/a> (NSA<\/abbr>) and the Department of Homeland Security<\/a>, recognizes colleges and universities that have met their standard of excellence, in providing quality cybersecurity awareness, training and education to the community.<\/p>\n

Honolulu CC<\/abbr>’s Computing, Electronics and Networking Technology<\/a> (CENT<\/abbr>) Program Coordinator, Sally Dunan<\/strong> and Technical Coordinator Aaron Tanaka<\/strong> accepted the honor at the national awards ceremony. “Having the CAE2Y<\/abbr> designation has opened the door to key industry partnerships that our students and the program will greatly benefit from,” shares Tanaka.<\/p>\n

More about the CENT<\/abbr> program<\/h2>\n

In July, Honolulu CC<\/abbr> partnered with the NSA<\/abbr>, National Science Foundation<\/a>, Hawaiʻi<\/span> Department of Education<\/a>, University of Hawaiʻi<\/span> Information Technology Services<\/a>, Pacific Center for Advanced Technology Training<\/a>, and the University of Alaska<\/a>, in hosting the first ever Gencyber camp. The camp was attended by 59 high school students and 28 high school teachers from Hawaiʻi<\/span> with one high school student attending from Texas.<\/p>\n