If you have been a follower of my blog or series of weekly
messages, you will know that much of the foundational curriculum for the MHCC
CyberSecurity and Networking (CS&N) degree came from our friends at
CyberWatch. CyberWatch, as you may know, was founded back east using some
serious grant money from NSA and others with the intention of enhancing the
number of cyber security experts via dedicated training in the nation’s
community colleges and universities. MHCC has enjoyed this support in terms of
training, travel, collaboration (and how), as well as curriculum.
When Paul Morris and I begin building the CS&N degree in
2010 and 2011, the curriculum was in a transition period and some of the
direction we all needed was yet to be fully established and there were many
unknowns. As a result, Paul and I looked at what we considered would be
training appropriate for this yet-to-be-defined career path. And, with the
serious input from our industry-based Advisory
Committee, we came up with our first degree design with which we have
graduated our first cadre of cyber security professionals.
What is most interesting and validating is that CyberWatch
has updated their suggested Information Systems Security Curricula and it looks
a lot like ours.
And there is more. MHCC is again forwarding our security
program to include exploding new technologies in mobile device security and
VoIP. Keep watching MHCC’s CyberSecurity program and our site Web Page at http://www.occ-sec.com as we continue to grow
with this very exciting field.
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