
°µÍø½ûÇø Computer Information System faculty members Vickie McLain, Tom Gustafson, Anup Parajuli, Matt McCullough and Tom Janicki were recognized with a 2018 Minnesota State Excellence in Curriculum Programming Award for their Network Administration and Cybersecurity program.
³¢³§°ä’s Network Administration and Cybersecurity AAS program is designed to engage students in real-life work skills throughout the two-year associate degree program while preparing them for exciting career opportunities.
The program includes conducting actual cybersecurity/IT tasks with mapping networks, completing risk assessments, looking for vulnerabilities, and simulating the high-stress environment of cyberattacks. Students engage in state, regional and national cybersecurity competitions; on-campus training labs which simulate industrial cybersecurity challenges in healthcare, government, transportation, and utilities and serve as mentors for GenCyber summer youth camps and high school teams.
³¢³§°ä’s networking and cybersecurity program has received national recognition, including a ranking as one of the in cybersecurity and as a in cybersecurity.
°µÍø½ûÇø is a designated a National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense by the National Security Agency (NSA) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). LSC is the only two-year community and technical college in the Minnesota to earn this designation.