PROGRAM OVERVIEW Whatcom is a significant national player in cybersecurity education and a critical partner in local workforce development. The College continues to invest in the program to match emerging industry demand for trained professionals. Whatcom’s acclaimed Computer Information Systems (CIS) program started in 1996 and has continually evolved to reflect industry demand and standards, including the addition of a cybersecurity degree in 2013. Indicating Whatcom’s foresight, National Science Foundation (NSF) grants backed the program’s development. Enrollment has increased 50 percent in the past five years from 110 to 167 students; one out of four are veterans. WCC IS HOME OF CYBERWATCH WEST Whatcom is the lead institution and home of CyberWatch West, a regional cybersecurity education network funded by a $3-million NSF grant. An NSF-Advanced Technology Education center, CyberWatch West is one of only four centers in the nation dedicated to cybersecurity education. This designation acknowledges Whatcom’s expertise in the field and Technology Department Chair Corrinne Sande’s national leadership in cybersecurity education. PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS • Cisco-certified Networking Academy • Named a National Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance/ Cyber Defense in 2014 – one of the first community colleges in the United States to earn this distinction, with curriculum mapped to the National Security Agency’s latest requirements. • Home of CyberWatch West COMMUNITY COLLEGE COMPUTER I NFORMATION SYSTEMS/CYBERSECURITY • Two pathways: a two-year Associate in Science degree in CIS and a two-year Associate in Applied Science - Transfer in Cybersecurity. • Students graduating with a CIS degree are ready to work in roles such as network technicians, network or system administrators, or computer support. • Students who graduate with the Cybersecurity degree can either begin their careers or transfer to Western Washington University to earn a Computer Information Systems and Security (CISS) baccalaureate degree. • The baccalaureate partnership is one of the nation’s few community college-to-university cybersecurity degree collaborations and may soon expand to the University of Washington. • Typical starting salaries: $16.22/hour, certificates $26.60/hour, AAS-T degree $40.81/hour, CISS bachelor’s degree DEGREE HIGHLIGHTS
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Program overview
Whatcom is a significant national player in cybersecurity education
and a critical partner in local workforce development. The College
continues to invest in the program to match emerging industry
demand for trained professionals.
Whatcom’s acclaimed Computer Information Systems (CIS)
program started in 1996 and has continually evolved to reflect
industry demand and standards, including the addition of a
cybersecurity degree in 2013. Indicating Whatcom’s foresight,
National Science Foundation (NSF) grants backed the program’s
development. Enrollment has increased 50 percent in the past five
years from 110 to 167 students; one out of four are veterans.
wCC is home of CyberwatCh west
Whatcom is the lead institution and home of CyberWatch West, a
regional cybersecurity education network funded by a $3-million
NSF grant. An NSF-Advanced Technology Education center,
CyberWatch West is one of only four centers in the nation dedicated
to cybersecurity education. This designation acknowledges
Whatcom’s expertise in the field and Technology Department Chair
Corrinne Sande’s national leadership in cybersecurity education.
Program highlights
• Cisco-certified Networking Academy
• Named a National Center of Academic
Excellence in Information Assurance/
Cyber Defense in 2014 – one of the first
community colleges in the United States
to earn this distinction, with curriculum
mapped to the National Security Agency’s
latest requirements.
• Home of CyberWatch West
COMMUNITY COLLEGE ComPuter information systems/CyberseCurity
• Two pathways: a two-year Associate in Science
degree in CIS and a two-year Associate in
Applied Science - Transfer in Cybersecurity.
• Students graduating with a CIS degree
are ready to work in roles such as network
technicians, network or system administrators,
or computer support.
• Students who graduate with the Cybersecurity
degree can either begin their careers or transfer
to Western Washington University to earn a
Computer Information Systems and Security
(CISS) baccalaureate degree.
• The baccalaureate partnership is one of the
nation’s few community college-to-university
cybersecurity degree collaborations and may
soon expand to the University of Washington.
• Typical starting salaries:
$16.22/hour, certificates
$26.60/hour, AAS-T degree
$40.81/hour, CISS bachelor’s degree
Degree highlights
• In summer 2014, Whatcom’s CIS and
Cybersecurity labs and classrooms were
remodeled and more than doubled in size
to 5,378 sq ft.
• The upgraded facilities include two lecture
spaces, three enlarged labs, a networking/
server room and a lab tech space.
• Improved lab layout allows for increased
interaction among instructors and
students.
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