Cyber Security Educational Center
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About This Center
The Cyber Security Educational Center provides the community with information on our Cyber Security Program, courses, club activities and events. The Cyber Security Center provides links to give the latest information on cyber security vulnerabilities and breaches.
SMCC’s Cyber Security Program has been designated as a National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense Education by the U.S. National Security Agency (NAS) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The NSA and the DHS jointly sponsor the National Centers of Academic Excellence program.
SMCC is also a member of National Cyberwatch a consortium of higher education institutions, public and private schools, individual cybersecurity practitioners, businesses, and government agencies focused on collaborative efforts to advance cybersecurity education and strengthen the national cybersecurity workforce. Our involvement in these two programs ensures we are committed to provide the highest standards possible for the Cyber Security program.
Cyber Security Program
The curriculum is designed to prepare students for the most popular certification exams, which include:
- CCENT (Cisco Certified Entry Networking Technician)
- CCNA (Cisco Certified Network Associate)
- CISSP (Certified Information Systems Security Professional)
- CompTia Network+ Computing Technology Industry Association
- CompTia Security+ Computing Technology Industry Association
For more information visit the Cyber Security Program webpage.
View a list of current major-specific courses for this program.
Cyber Wolves Cyber Security Club
The Cyber Wolves are a Cyber Security Club focusing on cyber security issues, competitions and more.
All SMCC students are welcome to join. Join today by clicking on this link. Meetings are every Saturday at 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
President: Maxwell Burns
Vice President: Mason Cambell
Competitions
The National Cyber League
The NCL is a defensive and offensive puzzle-based, capture-the-flag style cybersecurity competition. Its virtual training ground helps high school and college students prepare and test themselves against cybersecurity challenges that they will likely face in the workforce. All participants play the games simultaneously during Preseason, Regular Season and Postseason.
Check back frequently to view a list of upcoming Cyber Security Competitions
Resources
Cyber Security Resources
- United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT)
United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team – Alerts provide timely information about current security issues, vulnerabilities, and exploits. - Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)
Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE®) is a list of common identifiers for publicly known cybersecurity vulnerabilities. - National Vulnerability Database (NVD)
The NVD is the U.S. government repository of standards based vulnerability. - National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Computer Security Resource Center
Computer Security Resource Center (CSRC) has provided access to NIST’s cybersecurity- and information security-related projects, publications, news and events.
MS-Isac - Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center(MS-ISAC)
- DHS Stop.Think.Connect
- National Cyberwatch
SMCC is a member of National Cyberwatch A consortium of higher education institutions, public and private schools, individual cybersecurity practitioners, businesses, and government agencies focused on collaborative efforts to advance cybersecurity education and strengthen the national cybersecurity workforce.
College Resources
Advisory Board
- Eugene V. Slobodzian, PhD, CISSP, CSSLP
Vice President of Security Winxnet Security - Henry J. Felch, DCS
Associate Professor of Cybersecurity and CIS
Director Maine Cybersecurity Center
Program Coordinator for UMA Cybersecurity - Cynthia Beaulieu,
Technical Lead, Network Security Engineering
WEX Inc - Kelly Rickert,
Director of Workforce Innovations
State of Maine