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COC-hosted statewide\u00a0community college\u00a0cybersecurity team\u00a0breaks down\u00a0what they do\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/signalscv.com\/2026\/04\/coc-hosted-statewide-community-college-cybersecurity-team-breaks-down-what-they-do\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Publish Date: 2026-04-02 19:50:00<\/a><\/p>\n

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Using an unordered list, summarize the following article with between 4 and 8 key points. To people who\u00a0don\u2019t\u00a0work in the\u00a0computer technology field,\u00a0cybersecurity\u00a0can\u00a0look\u00a0extraordinary\u00a0\u2014\u00a0it\u2019s\u00a0a given that more\u00a0work\u00a0goes on\u00a0behind the scenes in\u00a0the\u00a0IT department than\u00a0the average person\u00a0knows.\u00a0That may be especially true at College of the Canyons,\u00a0where\u00a0the\u00a0California Community Colleges Chancellor\u2019s Office\u00a0planted hosting duties for the\u00a0California Community Colleges\u00a0Security Center\u00a0\u2014\u00a0along with a $40 million grant\u00a0\u2014\u00a0this\u00a0past summer.\u00a0The CCC Security Center is\u00a0a\u00a0cybersecurity\u00a0support center\u00a0that serves\u00a0the\u00a0statewide, 116-member\u00a0community college\u00a0system.\u00a0\u00a0Besides keeping those colleges\u00a0consistently\u00a0informed about\u00a0threats to their digital infrastructure, the\u00a0center\u00a0is also responsible for a paid internship program for\u00a0recruits\u00a0interested in careers in the field, a\u00a0program\u00a0that\u2019s\u00a0already\u00a0put\u00a0participants\u00a0in\u00a0lucrative IT jobs.\u00a0\u00a0At eight months\u00a0under\u00a0the security center\u2019s\u00a0COC\u00a0leadership,\u00a0Hsiawen\u00a0Hull,\u00a0the center\u2019s chief information security officer,\u00a0gave\u00a0COC\u2019s governing board\u00a0a rundown of\u00a0the program\u2019s regular\u00a0duties, what it\u2019s done for\u00a0its interns\u00a0and\u00a0what it takes to become a\u00a0working\u00a0cybersecurity expert at the college\u2019s regular joint meeting with\u00a0Associated Student Government last week\u00a0on March 25.\u00a0\u201cPretty much everything that you can think of with regards to improving security technology throughout the system \u2026 lands on pretty much this team that you\u2019re seeing in front of you,\u201d Hull said,\u00a0showing\u00a0a slide\u00a0displaying\u00a0the security center\u2019s seven current\u00a0security\u00a0operations\u00a0center\u00a0analysts\u00a0\u2014\u00a0all former COC students.\u00a0Hull was joined at the Wednesday meeting by the team\u2019s two lead\u00a0security operations center\u00a0analysts, Brittany Hasen and Cameron Wichman.\u00a0As far as ongoing services to the state\u2019s community college system go,\u00a0Wichman broke down two major\u00a0services\u00a0CCC Security Center\u00a0provides\u00a0that help colleges protect their digital systems:\u00a0send notifications about potential\u00a0threats and write vulnerability reports.\u00a0The security center handles two\u00a0different types\u00a0of notifications: California\u00a0community college\u00a0system-wide and specific to vulnerable districts as needed.\u00a0\u00a0\u201cAn example\u00a0(of system-wide\u00a0notifications)\u00a0is with Microsoft products, where they have specific vulnerabilities that we focus on,\u201d\u00a0Wichman\u00a0said. \u201cWe also have bespoke notifications that target more specific districts from specific security events \u2026\u00a0we focus on\u00a0how this specific security event affects districts, whether it be the entire system or specific districts, and we focus on their impact.\u201d\u00a0Vulnerability reports, on the other hand,\u00a0are typically written for specific districts,\u00a0put\u00a0together using\u00a0data on the vulnerabilities throughout\u00a0the\u00a0\u201centire attack surface\u201d\u00a0of their digital infrastructure,\u00a0Wichman said.\u00a0\u201cWe compile all this information, all this data that we research over months, even more than months, and we compile it all into an easy-to-read format for districts to go through and triage,\u201d Wichman said.\u00a0\u00a0Hull added that these services\u00a0could\u00a0run a community college district\u00a0like COC\u00a0$100,000\u00a0\u2014\u00a0but with the CCC Security Center, those services are free.\u00a0Many of the\u00a0cybersecurity\u00a0trainees\u00a0who provide those services\u00a0are recruited through the college\u2019s technology programs\u00a0to spend\u00a0a semester in the college\u2019s work experience program before being recruited into the Services Center.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The $40\u00a0million grant\u00a0allowed Hull to build out the\u00a0paid\u00a0internship\u00a0program through the Security Center, giving\u00a0students from\u00a0the work experience program the chance to do even more \u2013 and\u00a0of course, be paid.\u00a0\u00a0\u201cAbout\u00a0two\u00a0years ago, I started a process \u2026\u00a0 it was an unpaid internship process that we went through the work experience program,\u201d Hull said.\u00a0\u201cIt\u00a0was advertised to all students in\u00a0any\u00a0technology field\u00a0\u2026 part of what happened was, when the grant came, it represented an opportunity for us to hire some of these students that were exceptional.\u201d\u00a0Those trainees\u00a0do daily research into current events that affect the\u00a0world\u2019s cybersecurity, and how the\u00a0state\u2019s community college\u00a0IT infrastructure protects itself in vulnerable situations.\u00a0\u201cAll of\u00a0those different things that just kind of\u00a0blow past the headlines, we talk about stuff\u00a0\u2026\u00a0that\u2019s\u00a0involved with,\u00a0whether\u00a0it\u2019s\u00a0the war in Iran, the war with Ukraine, all of those things\u00a0\u2014\u00a0how they impact our world, and also, more specifically, cybersecurity,\u201d Hull said. \u201cWhat\u2019s been great, too, is as a part of this research, we\u00a0teach the students to say, \u2018Hey,\u00a0that\u2019s\u00a0a solution that we use within the system.\u2019\u201d\u00a0Taha Saiyed, ASG\u2019s\u00a0vice\u00a0president of\u00a0advocacy, was impressed at\u00a0the level of\u00a0expertise\u00a0trainees have been able to gain within a\u00a0relatively\u00a0short period\u00a0of time\u00a0\u2014\u00a0with a\u00a0roughly six-month\u00a0onboarding\u00a0process,\u00a0Hull said\u00a0\u2014\u00a0and asked\u00a0Hasen what that process was like.\u00a0\u201cFor me personally, a big passion of mine is being able to connect with my dad on all this. My dad has been in IT for over 25 years,\u201d Hasen said. \u201cI feel like I just genuinely have a big willingness to learn.\u201d\u00a0Hull added that a major part of the work of becoming\u00a0versed in the cybersecurity world is \u201cdemystifying\u201d\u00a0its\u00a0terminology. Once trainees begin to decode the field\u2019s endless acronyms, IT systems\u00a0\u2014\u00a0and IT workers\u00a0\u2014\u00a0tend to look a little less\u00a0magical.\u00a0\u00a0The results of that training have\u00a0already sent\u00a0center employees\u00a0blazing into the IT field, such as the program\u2019s first security operations center analyst lead,\u00a0who\u2019s\u00a0since taken a cybersecurity job with Disney.\u00a0\u201cThe goal of this whole program\u00a0\u2026\u00a0is to get these students out as quickly as we possibly can,\u201d Hull said.\u00a0
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