Making impact happen

 

Key Traction

  • Partnership w/ Arkansas Dept. Education to train 250+ cyber staff across Arkansas

  • Partnership w/ Arkansas Division Workforce Services, to train under- or unemployed Arkansans in IT/Cyber Fundamentals

  • Launched first cross-sector ISAC (Emerging Threat Center/ET-ISAC) focused on Emerging Threats

  • Recipient of NSA Grant Sub-award for Cyber Healthcare Certificate/Curriculum Development w/ UA-Little Rock

  • Successfully held 2 state-wide Cybersecurity Summits with State, Federal, Academic and Private Sector leaders

Arkansas Collaborations

  • MOU w/ UA Little Rock for academic course credit acceptance

  • MOU w/ University of Arkansas System to collaborate on applied research (cyber, AI, ICS/SCADA, etc.)

  • Partnership w/ AR Office of Skills Development, to provide eligible AR employers partial tuition reimbursement for training

  • Developed ACT 1085 of 2019 “Arkansas Cyber Initiative”

  • Lead the Arkansas Cyber Defense Alliance (ACDA)

Federal Collaborations

  • Partnership with U.S. Department of Defense SkillBridge program

  • Member, Critical Infrastructure Partnership Advisory Council, United States Department of Homeland Security

Map of Customers (red pins) and People Trained (blue pins)