Chemeketa Community College
Center for Cybersecurity
National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense Education
Welcome to the Center for Cybersecurity at Chemeketa Community College located in Salem, Oregon. Chemeketa has developed a Cybersecurity Center to provide access to Information Security and Information Assurance resources.
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Cybersecurity Associates Degree
This degree focuses on cybersecurity and safety, computer forensics, ethical hacking, and routing and switching of networks. To develop the foundational skills in computing, you will take courses in digital literacy, programming, web design, operating systems, hardware, and networks. In your second year you will learn about server management, database management, data security, computer forensics, ethical hacking, routing and switching of networks, network systems management, security+, and computer architecture. You will also have the opportunity to complete cooperative work experience to gain experience that may help lead to a career path.
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News and Events
Chemeketa is Officially a CAE Designated School! June 5, 2020
Chemeketa Community College has been designated as a National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense Education through academic year 2025 for the AAS in Computer Systems and Information Technology.
Cybersecurity event at Salem Campus Oct. 24
Faculty, staff and students are invited to a very special event on Thursday, October 24, at 1 pm in the Building 6 auditorium. Please visit this site for more information.
Cybersecurity Awarenes
Take a look at the Information Technology Deparments website on cybersecurity awareness. This site is both for facutly and students. Chemeketa IT Cybersecurity Awarness
Financial Aid Approved - Cybersecurity AAS Degree!
(September 10th, 2019) - Chemeketa CIS programs Cybersecurity degree has been approved for federal finacial aid!
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
(November 16th, 2018) - Homeland Security has a new government agency for cybersecurity. CISA is responsible for protecting the Nation’s critical infrastructure from physical and cyber threats. This mission requires effective coordination and collaboration among a broad spectrum of government and private sector organizations.
Cybersecurity AAS Degree
(November 6th, 2018) - Chemeketa is excited to have final approval of the new Cybersecurity associates degree! This degree will be offered starting Winter 2019. Please contact an advisor today for more information.
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Resources
Information on this page is for educational purposes only. Use at your own risk. Chemeketa, it's employees, partners, and associates make no guarantees and assume no responsibility for anything that may result from this information.
Chemeketa Resources
Have a suggestion for a resource? Please contact the webmaster- Chemeketa Information Technology Cybersecurity Awareness
- Non-credit community education through Ed2Go
- National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
- Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
- Cybersecurity Employment Heat Map
- Social Engineering (especially the Framework tab):
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Hacking for Dummies
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BitPipe Resources
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Default Passwords
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KoreLogic
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Northwest Regional Computer Forensics Laboratory
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Faculty
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Mandy Reininger
Mandy Reininger
Instructor/Program Chair, Computer Information Systems
Salem Bldg. 37, Rm. 124
503.365.4822
Email
Mandy Reininger has 19 years of teaching computer information systems at the collegiate level. She is active college wide as a member of several committees including the Quality Online Instruction group and the Instructional Technology Advisory Group (iTAG). She has been the CIS program chair for the past 10 years. She is a member of the Oregon Council of Computing Chairs. She co-authored Digital Literacy through Chemeketa Press, the textbook currently is used for the CIS120 Digital Literacy course.
Education- MS Information Systems Management, DeVry University
- BA Communication, State University of New York Geneseo
Certifications- MTA: Security Fundamentals (Microsoft)
Certificate of Completion- Cybersecurity Professional development - 109 hrs (FEMA)
- Database Design and Programming with SQL (Oracle Academy)
- Oracle Database 11g: Administration Workshop I ED 2 LVC (Oracle University)
- Oracle Database 11g: Administration Workshop II ED 2 LVC (Oracle University)
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Don Kraus
Don Kraus
Instructor, Computer Information Systems
Salem Bldg. 37, Rm. 123
503.589.7686
Email
Don Kraus has 20 years of experience teaching Computer Information Systems courses at the collegiate level. His main interests in teaching are web-based software development, programming, and operating systems.
Education- MSE Information Technology, Western Oregon University
- BS Computer Science, Western Oregon University
- BS Business, Western Oregon University
Certifications- Certified Internet Web Instructor (CIW)
- Advanced HTML5 and CSS3 Specialist (CIW)
- E-Commerce Specialist (CIW)
- Web Design Professional (CIW)
Certificate of Completion- Community Preparedness for Cyber Incidents (FEMA)
- Cybersecurity for everyone (FEMA)
- Google Cloud Infrastructure (Google)
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Jonathan Hiatt
Jonathan Hiatt
Instructor, Computer Information Systems
Salem Bldg. 37, Rm. 125
503.399.6091
Email
Jonathan Hiatt is a full-time educator and has over 15 years of experience as an application developer working in both the public and private sector for organizations such as the State of Oregon, SAIF Corporation, and Bi-Mart Corporation and can offer “real-world” insight and first-hand knowledge of the industry.
Education- MS Computer Science, Colorado State University
- BS Business Information Systems, Linfield College
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Andrew Scholer
Andrew Scholer
Instructor/Program Chair, Computer Science
Salem Bldg. 37, Rm. 123
503.589.7649
Email
Andrew Scholer has been the Computer Science program chair at Chemeketa Community College for 7 years. He has taught computer science for 15 years in both high school and college. In addition to teaching, he has developed software platforms for web-based interactive student practice of computer science and programming topics.
Education- MS Computer Science, University of Southern California
- BS Cognitive Science with a specialization in computing, University of California, Los Angeles
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Zachary Yamada
Zachary Yamada, CEH
Instructor, Computer Information Systems
Salem Bldg. 37, Rm. 105
503.399.5048
Email
Zachary joined the CIS department with over a decade of professional IT experience. Prior to becoming a member of the CIS faculty Zachary worked in the Chemeketa IT department where he filled numerous roles including systems administration team lead and information security team lead.
Education- MS Cybersecurity and Information Assurance, Western Governors University.
- BS Computer Science, University of Oregon.
- EC-Council Certified Ethical Hacker
- EC-Council Certified Hacking Forensic Investigator
- Linux Foundation Certified Systems Administrator
Certifications
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