UH West Oʻahu and Honolulu CC team captures national cyber championship
For the second time in three years a UH team won the National Cyber League competition, considered to be the country’s leading collegiate educational cybersecurity challenge.
For the second time in three years a UH team won the National Cyber League competition, considered to be the country’s leading collegiate educational cybersecurity challenge.
The series, Kaiālu, which means community, or neighborhood, will feature topics that provide insight into Hawaiʻi’s culture and are contemporary and relevant to the college offerings and initiatives.
Six students won scholarships and two placed in the top ten of the cyber security competition.
The team placed first in their bracket in the Fall 2017 National Cyber League Season, helping to propel it to an overall second place out of 84 teams.
The contest provided competitors with real-world, high-pressure situations to aide them in understanding the vulnerabilities of today’s global threat landscape.
UH and Hawaiʻi Business Roundtable will be hosting Future Focus: The Hawaiʻi Innovation Initiative’s Forum on Astronomy, Space Exploration, Cybersecurity and More.
GenCyber Hawaiʻi is providing enrichment opportunities to train the youngest generation of cybersecurity professionals and teachers through its summer camps.
Competing against 149 teams from across the nation, two UH West Oʻahu teams placed 3rd and 11th overall at the National Cyber League competition.
Prescott James Lorenzo and Aaron ʻĀkau awarded for outstanding achievement in cybersecurity.
UH West Oʻahu and Honolulu CC students become the first team from Hawaiʻi to win the prestigious National Cyber League competition.