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Boeing Gifts 50 Computer Servers to Western Washington University for its New CyberRange 2017-07-20
Olympic College’s new role in stopping cyber attacks and viruses

Opening in fall 2017, the cyber range acts as a closed “cloud” separate from the internet to “allow students to learn and conduct exercises in a safe, secure manner,” said Dr. Erik Fretheim, director of the Computer and Information Systems…

2017-07-17
Cybersecurity is hot, and these Washington colleges teach it

This summer, Western Washington University is building a “cyber range,” a computer lab that runs on a private computer network — reachable through the internet, but isolated from it.

On a cyber range, students can let a virus loose to see what harm it does, or run an…

2017-06-22
Cloud Security Alliance Scholarship Founded at WWU 2017-06-20
Western Washington University’s Poulsbo Location Will Be Home to First Cyber Range in Washington State 2017-05-09
WWU’s Moushumi Sharmin, Students Building the ‘MyQuitPal’ Smoking-Cessation System 2017-03-29
Poulsbo cyber range is a first for Washington

Think of it as a shooting range for cyber security personnel.

By year’s end, the Western Washington University campus at Poulsbo will be home to the first public cyber range in Washington state. Western Washington University made the announcement at the March 15…

2017-03-24
Real-world simulation to provide practice during cyber defense competition at Highline College

College students from throughout the Pacific Northwest (including WWU) will have the chance to practice thwarting hackers during the annual Pacific Rim Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition on Friday, Saturday and Sunday at Highline College.

2017-03-14
WWU Awarded $1.6M to Increase Capacity for Computer Science Degrees 2017-02-10
Erik Fretheim is New Director of Information Systems Security Program 2016-10-27
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