Cyber Defense Headquarters
POINT OF CONTACT
Room C2048, Wilson Building
Main Campus, Smithfield
P.O. Box 2350 245 College Road
Smithfield, NC 27577
Johnston Community College Hosts A
National Security Agency (NSA) Validated Program of Study
PROGRAM INFORMATION
Students will spend an average of 900 hours with hands-on skills-based training while in the Information Technology Degree with Cybersecurity Concentration (A25590CS) program.
Cybersecurity is a concentration under the Information Technology program. Under the Cybersecurity Concentration (degree), there are two Cybersecurity certificates available to students.
This curriculum provides individuals with the skills to recognize threats and to mitigate them using information security control methods.
The program incorporates the competencies of industry-recognized certification exams and the hands-on components to comprehend advanced topics. Graduates qualify for employment in entry-level businesses and agencies that utilize computer systems as well as those entities that analyze data for threats.
- JCC Calendar of Events
- Triangle InfoSeCon - November 8, 2024
- NC TECH Summit for Women in Technology, New Bern, Sept-25-26 2024
- Carolina Cyber Network - Fall Gathering, UNC-Wilmington, Sept-26-27,2024 - For information info@carolinacybernetwork.net
- RETR3AT Cybersecurity Conference - February 28, 2025
- Raleigh Information Security Systems Association Monthly Meetings
- National Cyberwatch Center Ongoing Events
- NC TECH Association Events
Institutional and External Security Resources and Awareness
Institutional Resources
External Resources
- Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency
- Cisco Networking Academy (Skills for All) website for free Cybersecurity Classes
- CompTIA’s Cyberstates™
- EC-Council
- Cybersecurity Supply and Demand Heat Map
- Cybersecurity Education: Guide to Cyber Security Careers
- NICCS-National Initiative for Cyber Security Careers and Studies
- Carolina Cyber Network
- National Support Center for Systems Security and Information Assurance
- Department of Homeland Security - Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program
- Department of Homeland Security - Science and Technology
- InfraGard: Partnership for Protection
CURRENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND FACULTY MEMBERS
Advisory Committee
- Jonathan Lane – Vigilant Technology Solutions
- Briona Mewborn – Vigilant Technology Solutions
- Alton Coates – UNC Research
- Karen Tulloh – AT&T
- Erica Riggleman – Dell – EMC
- Jeffrey Pickering – JCC VP of Facilities Services
- Angela Moore – JCC Chief Technology Officer
- Matthew Gathercole – JCC Cyber Security Manager
- Jeff Howard – Johnston County Government
- Greg Rasner – Third Party Threat Hunting
- Chris Romeo – Devici-Threat Modeling
- Fred Guerrero Jr. – Truist Bank
Faculty
David Oliver – Networking Technology Instructor
Alan Gruver – IT/Cybersecurity Instructor
Timothy Boyd – IT/Cybersecurity InstructorAdjunct Faculty
- Matthew Gathercole – IT/Cybersecurity Instructor
- Freddie Knobloch – IT Instructor
- Jonathan Lane – Cybersecurity Instructor
- Heath Luquire – IT Instructor
- Angela Moore – IT Instructor
- Woody Sanford – Information Technology Instructor
- Becky Worley – IT/Networking Instructor
- Greg Rasner – IT/Cybersecurity Instructor
Advisory Committee Minutes
PARTNERS
CYBERSECURITY INTERNAL/EXTERNAL NEWS
Internal News
- JCC Joins Carolina Cyber Network (CCN)
- JCC Receives over $645,000 Grant from the National Science Foundation to develop a
state-of-the-art cyber range training environment
JCC Completes Student Security Operations Center (SOC) -October 2024 - JCC Joins EC-Council | Academia
- JCC Students Receive Cisco Certified Support Technician Certifications
- JCC joins the National Information Technology Innovation Center (NITIC) (October 2024)
Cybersecurity Activities and Competitions
Activities
- Cybersecurity Guest Speaker Series
- TLDR - stories in startups, tech, and programming
- myEMATES (Games and Activities in Cybersecurity, Cryptography, Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC), and Networking)
- The Red Hat Academy® provides Free Access to Cybersecurity Curriculum in partnership with IBM®
- Red Hat Internship Program
- Cybersecurity Scholarships
- TryHackMe(Free and paid-tiered, hacking competitions and exercises.)
- JCC's Women in IT/Cyber Mentoring Group (MSTeams - must be approved by the administrator to join)
- JCC's IT & Cybersecurity Group (MSTeams - must be approved by the administrator to join)
Competitions
- National Cyber League
- National Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition
- Wicked6 Cyber Games - Virtual Global Hack & Chat Event +
An All Women's Tournament - March 28 - 30, 2025