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糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock joins coalition to launch health care cybersecurity curriculum and pilot focused on veterans and first responders

The University of Arkansas at Little Rock is part of a coalition of universities and industry partners that are developing a curriculum to increase cybersecurity talent focused on health care with $6.3 million in funding from the National Security Agency.聽 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock will work with the University of Louisville, the University of North Florida, Bluegrass Technical and Owensboro Technical, the , and a coalition of industry partners to develop a training curriculum focused on health care cybersecurity. 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock will receive $640,000 for the three-year grant. 鈥淎s health care data generation becomes increasingly complex, it is absolutely critical that patient health information be secure and protected. Artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies enable new methods of data protection,鈥� said Dr. Mariofanna Milanova, professor of computer science and principal investigator on the grant for 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock. The pilot phase of the health care cybersecurity workforce certificate initially will provide free聽 training for 200 first responders and military veterans. The certificate incorporates technology industry badging from Microsoft, IBM, and Google as well as hands-on applied learning and gamification components. Participants will learn how to protect information systems used by patients, providers, and payers in the health care industry. 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock will work with the Forge Institute, a nonprofit organization that specializes in developing private-public partnerships that advance cyber operational objectives. The Forge Institute will help test the cybersecurity curriculum through its existing cybersecurity boot camp, where participants are trained to become cybersecurity analysts. 鈥淥ur team is proud of 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock for being selected to participate in this research consortium led by the University of Louisville,鈥� said Lee Watson, CEO of Forge Institute. 鈥淭he team at 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock has a deep bench of capability in researching and developing new tools and models for education delivery. This collaboration between the Forge Institute and 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock will allow us to develop, better tailor, and test cybersecurity curriculum for the veteran and first responder communities.鈥� Program participants will complete the three-level certificate program in six months through online courses led by instructors from coalition institutions, gaining expertise in artificial intelligence, robotics, blockchain, internet of things (IoT), machine learning. and other areas. The curriculum will employ innovative training tools including gamification and make use of anonymous datasets and use cases provided by industry partners. Once developed, the curriculum will be available to other institutions free of charge for one year. The first cohort of 30-40 students is expected to be enrolled in spring 2021.聽 Each of the schools in the coalition is a NSA-designated and contributes interests, experience, and skills aligned with health care cybersecurity systems. Researchers at the , an education and simulation model laboratory for cybersecurity learning, will develop next-generation tools for delivering and assessing the cybersecurity curriculum. This will provide an exciting research opportunity for students who are entering the new bachelor鈥檚 degree in cybersecurity that will begin in the fall 2021 semester. 鈥淚鈥檓 excited to work on this research project with the NSA. As a 15+ year veteran in cybersecurity, I have seen first-hand the challenges of developing a qualified workforce,鈥� said Philip Huff, assistant professor of computer science and cybersecurity at 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock. 鈥淐ybersecurity is a complex field, because the tools, tactics, and techniques criminals use are ever evolving. To help address this concern, we will be developing training on cutting-edge technologies to help grow a more competitive cybersecurity workforce.鈥� The upper right photo shows Dr. Mariofanna Milanova. Photo by Ben Krain.