The University of Arkansas at Little Rock and the Forge Institute are joining a consortium of educational institutions and corporate partners to develop cybersecurity curriculum focused on health care.
The curriculum initiative will be funded by $6.3 million provided by the National Security Agency. UA Little Rock will be receiving $640,000 as part of a three-year grant.
“As 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,” said Dr. Mariofanna Milanova, professor of computer science and principal investigator on the grant for UA Little Rock, said in a statement.
UA Little Rock researchers will be working with the Forge Institute, which will help test the cybersecurity curriculum through its cybersecurity boot camp. The curriculum will be designed to include gamification, anonymous datasets and cases provided by industry partners, as well as other innovative training tools.
“Our team is proud of UA Little Rock for being selected to participate in this research consortium led by the University of Louisville,” Forge Institute CEO Lee Watson. “The team at UA 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 UA Little Rock will allow us to develop, better tailor, and test cybersecurity curriculum for the veteran and first responder communities.”
In addition to UA Little Rock and the Forge Institute, the partners will include the University of Louisville, the University of North Florida, Bluegrass Technical and Owensboro Technical, as well as industry partners.
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