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Complete your degree in as little as 18 months!
Classes start Jan. 17.
Overview
The world of Cybersecurity is an exciting career possibility—and, at CWI, you have an opportunity to join the front-line combating hackers who are compromising networks around the world. The goal of this program is to prepare security professionals to protect an organization’s data by taking preemptive measures against malicious attacks and to perform forensic investigations if security is breached.
CWI offers you the opportunity to take classes both in the daytime and evening. Contact your advisor for the schedule and details.
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Mission
The College of Western Idaho (CWI) provides an adaptive and industry-competitive Cybersecurity program that prepares students for continuing their education in cybersecurity; as well as providing opportunities to connect with a global community of industry professionals.
Why This Program
Computers around the world are systematically victimized by rampant hacking. This hacking is not only widespread, but it is being executed so flawlessly that the attackers compromise a system, steal everything of value, and completely erase their tracks within 20 minutes. This program will prepare technicians to protect an organization’s data by taking preemptive measures against malicious attacks.
What You Will Learn to Do
- Install and configure computer hardware and software
- Configure virtual machines, virtual machine storage, and virtual networks
- Configure internal and external security mechanisms
- Describe the five basic principles in a defense
- Identify payloads of malware
- Examine web applications, form attacks, SQL injection and plan countermeasures
- Monitor network pathways for signs of compromised systems
- Develop policies and procedures in the collection of digital evidence
- Create a "First Responder" toolkit for crime scene investigations
- Examine and prepare for actual courtroom cases involving digital forensic investigations
- Create a policy and profile for collecting evidence for mobile devices
- Demonstrate proficiency in collecting network information through industry standard penetration testing methodologies
Clubs
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The gaming club is a club for everyone who plays games, whether that be video games, board games, tabletop, or even card games. Our goal is to help better establish the gaming community here at CWI, and show the students that there are a lot of...
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Additional Opportunities
The CWI Cybersecurity program will ready you with advanced, market-relevant skills that employers recognize and respect.
Cyber Defense Center
College of Western Idaho's Cyber Defense Center offers cybersecurity awareness, best practices, news, events, and activities for Idaho communities, businesses, partners, and students while striving to advance U.S. Federal Government, State of Idaho, and industry initiatives in cyber defense.
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News and Blogs
Congratulations to College of Western Idaho Cybersecurity Professor, Dr. Linda Otto, who was awarded the 2022 Idaho Business Education Association Outstanding Postsecondary Educator of the Year Award.
Congratulations to College of Western Idaho's Cybersecurity team who advanced to the finals and placed fourth at the Future of Work Academy cybersecurity incubator competition.
Cybersecurity Representatives from College of Western Idaho’s Cyber Defense Center took part in the Idaho Office of Emergency Management’s annual Cybersecurity Summit Thursday, Oct. 13.
College of Western Idaho’s Cybersecurity program is one step closer to receiving full Center of Academic Excellence Cyber Defense accreditation.
College of Western Idaho students joined students from across the state this spring to compete for more than $50,000 in prize money and services to advance their startups.
Congratulations to Student Success Advisor, Jessica Chapple, named College of Western Idaho’s Staff of the Month for January 2022.