Cybersecurity
About cybersecurity
Clovis Community College is committed to excellence in cybersecurity education and awareness. We aim to promote cybersecurity across the institution and within the community. We aim to provide students, faculty, staff, and the community with an environment that fosters student success and community partnerships.
Faculty Members
| Name | Title | Discipline | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whitney Menefee | Dean | Physical & Computer Science and Distance Education | whitney.menefee@cloviscollege.edu |
| Brent Nabors | Instructor | Information Systems | brent.nabors@cloviscollege.edu |
| Kwan Seow | Instructor | Information Systems | kwan.seow@cloviscollege.edu |
Cybersecurity Program
The Certificate of Achievement in Cyber Security provides students with the knowledge, training, and hands-on experience to pursue a career and gain professional certification (CompTIA) as an Information-Technology Cyber Security Technician professional in a business, government, or education environment. Students completing this program of study will be able to enter the cyber security workforce in areas such as security analysts, or penetration testers with a comprehensive understanding of computer hardware, system software, networking essentials, as well as the intermediate skills to protect computer networks against malicious attack, and to use currently available tools to perform network testing, penetration, and assessment of target networks.
| Program | Type | Major Code |
| Information Systems: Cyber Security | CA | C.6932.CA |
| Course | Course Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| IS 70 | Introduction to Information Systems Security | 3 |
| IS 71 | Introduction to Cybersecurity: Ethical Hacking | 3 |
| IS 72 | Computer Forensics Fundamentals | 3 |
Cybersecurity Resources
National Cyber League
The NCL is a defensive and offensive puzzle-based, capture-the-flag style cybersecurity competition. Its virtual training ground prepares high school and college students to test their cybersecurity skills against challenges they may encounter in the workforce. All participants compete simultaneously during the Preseason, Individual Game, and Team Game. The NCL is open to players of all skill levels, offering easy, medium, and hard challenges, providing multiple opportunities for students to excel in their areas of strength.
picoCTF
picoCTF (Capture the Flag), created by security experts at Carnegie Mellon University, is a free computer security game designed for middle and high school students. The game presents a series of challenges within a unique storyline, requiring participants to reverse engineer, crack, hack, decrypt, or employ various techniques to solve them. These challenges are intentionally designed to be breached, providing an excellent and legal opportunity for hands-on experience.
CyberPatriot
CyberPatriot, the National Youth Cyber Education Program created by the Air & Space Forces Association, aims to inspire K-12 students to pursue careers in cybersecurity and other critical science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines. At the program's core is the National Youth Cyber Defense Competition, the nation's largest cyber defense competition, which challenges high school and middle school students to secure virtual networks.
Cyber.org
CYBER.ORG, supported by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, provides free cybersecurity curriculum and professional development to K-12 educators, aiming to build a strong pipeline of future cybersecurity professionals and increase cyber literacy among students nationwide.
CISA
CISA, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, is a U.S. Department of Homeland Security agency that protects critical infrastructure from cyber and physical threats, serving as the nation's risk advisor and working to enhance cybersecurity across government and private sectors.
Cybersecurity Events
NCL Spring 2025 Competition Season
The Information Systems department is organizing and leading Clovis and Reedley Community College students in the Spring 2025 National Cyber League (NCL) competition. If you are interested, please sign up through the interest form.
The registration deadline is March 21st. Here’s the list of events and dates for NCL:
- Gymnasium (self-guided challenges and practice): Jan. 27 – May 24
- Practice Game (participate in unranked game): March 21 – April 6
- Individual Game (scored and ranked individual game): April 11 – 13
- Team Game (scored and ranked team game): April 25 – 27
CyberPatriot XVIII
The Information Systems department is assisting and supporting Clovis Unified schools in participating in the Air Force Association’s CyberPatriot competition. Registration for the 2025-26 competition starts on April 1st, 2025.
