UH helped train 170 students at GenCyber Hawaiʻi 2019, providing enrichment opportunities to train the youngest generation of cybersecurity professionals and teachers.
Educating more computer savvy students will have the added benefit of increasing the pipeline of STEM and cyber-educated young people flowing into the workforce.
The event drew a record 200 participants and prizes totaling $8,000 were distributed in eight categories to teams who had just 24 hours to build an app.
GenCyber Hawaiʻi is providing enrichment opportunities to train the youngest generation of cybersecurity professionals and teachers through its summer camps.