Hawaii Defense Alliance hosted a virtual webinar focusing on geospatial analytics careers. The objective of this is to increase awareness – for the tech community, educators, students, and government audience – of the career and certification pathways and hundreds of jobs being created in Hawaii over the next three years. These jobs are being driven by the Federal government and contractors.

Mahalo for joining the U.S. Army Small Business Contracting Panel featuring the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Honolulu District, USACE Pacific Ocean Division (POD), and the Army Contracting Command (ACC) Outside Contiguous United States (OCONUS) Regional Contracting Office-Hawaii/Alaska.

On Nov. 17, the Hawaii Defense Alliance, DBEDT and the High-Tech Development Corp. hosted its Cloud Computing Discussion where panelists and program members streamed live from the Entrepreneurs’ Sandbox for a virtual audience.

The Military Affairs Council (MAC) recently hosted a webinar providing an update from the Marine Forces Pacific and Marine Corps Base Hawaii.

To continue the Alliance’s workforce efforts, we take a look at a long term plan of offering additional courses for a certificate in intelligence, mentorship opportunities, and possible career opportunities/employers in the listening session UH-INDOPACOM J2 Intel Mentorship Initiative.

HDA Webinar: Building Hawaii Intel Career Pathways Together

Hawaii Defense Alliance hosted its first webinar “Building Hawaii Intel Career Pathways Together” on September 21 that explored workforce development and building career paths in data science, cybersecurity and intelligence to meet the emerging needs of the Department of Defense and private sector contractors in Hawaii.

Be Cyber Smart #cybermonth with logo of Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency

The month of October is nationally recognized as Cybersecurity Awareness Month. For 18 years, it has raised awareness about the important of cybersecurity across the nation, ensuring we all have the resources needed to be safer and more secure online.

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Visit our website to learn more about the Hawaii Defense Alliance, our working groups, upcoming events, and more!

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DBEDT’s Hawaii Defense Alliance (Alliance) hosted its first in-person events with partners Hawaii Technology Development Corporation (HTDC) and the Military Affairs Council (MAC) July 19-20, 2021 at the Entrepreneurs Sandbox.

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DBEDT is offering two free programs to help Hawaii-based companies and organizations become cyber ready.