Cybersecurity has become a prevalent topic in many colleges, but how it should fit into the overall educational process is still not fully understood. A cybersecurity project at the University of Hawaii Maui College (UHMC), funded by the NSF ATE program, spans multiple disciplines and targets women and minorities. The goal of this project is to ensure that a broad audience of faculty, students and practitioners get trained in the fundamentals of cybersecurity. This is especially challenging during a pandemic, when all education is online. This project also targets students in middle and high schools, who are drawn to cybersecurity by the mass media but are not educated in the field or aware of future careers in cybersecurity.
Debasis, Bhattacharya, Assistant Professor, University of Hawaii Maui College