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Roane State Community College has been designated as a National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense Education through academic year 2025 for the Associate of Applied Science Computer Information Technology - Cyber Defense

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Dr. George Meghabghab, Director of CITC degree, Cyber Defense and Programming Concentrations

Degree Program Attached to the Cyber Center

Computer Information Tech: Cyber Defense, Associate of Applied Science

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Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC)

In this introduction to Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC), you will study each layer of the TCP/IP protocols, the vulnerabilities in its design and implementation, and how to exploit vulnerabilities in attacks.

Topics covered include:

Network Security Basics
Virtual Private Networks
Firewall Security
Intrusion Detection Systems
Cryptographic, Transport Layer, Hashing, and PKI Security

All students who complete the 6-hour online training will receive a certificate of completion and 0.6 Continuing Education Units (CEUs) from Roane State Community College. Students who complete the 6-hour course will be eligible to take the full 24-hour Cybersecurity CMMC 2.0 online course, also at no cost. Students who complete the 24-hour class will earn 2.4 CEUs from RSCC and the chance to take the national CMMC certification exam.

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Resources Available in the Cyber Center

Demonstrate steganography with invisible ink
Whacking people with Netcat
Using a Rootkit (FU) to hide OS information and processes
Using FastSum to calculate a checksum on a file or folder
Using Netstumbler to discover wireless networks
Sniffing for wireless networks with Kismet
Capturing wireless packets with AirPCap
Cracking WEP encryption using Airodump-ng and Aircrack-ng
Scanning for vulnerabilities using Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer (MBSA)
Rooting out weak passwords with John the Ripper
Conducting password audits using LCP
Using Cain to capture and crack HTTPS passwords
Probing vulnerabilities with Nessus
Discovering SQL servers with SQLPing3
Simulating various web application attacks using WebGoat
Sniffing packets with Wireshark
Detecting intrusions with Snort and Snort Alert Monitor
Using Kiwi Syslog and SNare to conduct event and intrusion analysis
Using Microsoft Log Parser 2.2 to review event logs for anomalies
Using Sam Spade to conduct reconnaissance
Analyzing network traffic using Look @ Lan
ARP poisoning with Cain
Footprinting a business using EDGAR
Exploiting a vulnerable system using the Metasploit Framework
Using simple google security searches
Conducting reconnaissance using online DNS query tools
Footprinting an organization using the Wayback Machine
Capturing a website using Black Widow
Using TOR to browse the internet anonymously
Scanning target systems with NMAP
Scanning for open ports using Superscan 4.0
Packet sniffing with Packetyzer
Using HPing to simulate an attack
Using XProbe2 to determine a remote host's operating system
Passive OS fingerprinting with p0f
Using Amap to identify applications running on a target system

News Items

George with students

Policies

Please see the main Roane State Policy page for policies regarding this program.

Cybersecurity Student Association

Dylan Tipton - President
Cory Watson - Vice President
Sophia Lionberger - Secretary
Faculty Sponsor - Dr. George Meghabghab

Advisory Board

Lisa Atkinson - Managing Partner, Zelvin Security, latkinson@zelvin.com
Tommy Barnard - IT Director, Harriman Utility Board, tbarnard@hub-tn.com
Tony Beery - Deputy Program Manager, Contractor to DOE/OSTI, Information International Associates (IIA), beeryt@osti.gov
Wade Darnell - Student Member, darnellwj@roanestate.edu
Dr. Aly Fathy - Professor of Computer Science, Engineering and Computer Science Program, UTK, afathy@utk.edu
Dr. Jerry Gannod - Chair, Computer Science Program, TTU, jgannod@tntech.edu
Kim Harris - IACMI, KHarris@IACMI.org
Kathryn Healy - OSF Global Services, Marketing Events Coordinator, kathrynhealy00@gmail.com
Peter Hogan - Covenant Health, Director Technical Services, IT, peter.hogan@covhlth.com
April Insco - Program Director for Health Information Management, Roane State, inscoam@roanestate.edu
John S. Jeffries - UT Medical Center, Information Security director, jjeffries@utmck.edu
Adam Keown - Program Manager, Cybersecurity Risk Management, Tennessee Valley Authority, akeown@tva.gov
Bridgitte Mase - Director of Cyber Security, Boston Government Services, LLC (BGS), Oak Ridge, bmase@BGS-LLC.com
Dr. Susan Malekpour - Dean, Math & Sciences Division, Roane State, malekpours@roanestate.edu
Mike Mangione - VP of Business Strategy & Marketing, Sword & Shield Enterprise Security, mike@swordshield.com
Joe Maloney - QA Manager, iXsystems, jmaloney@ixsystems.com
David Murray - Chief Operating Officer, Expression Networks LLC, dmurray@expr.net
Aaron Myers - CISSP, CISM, PMP, Director of IT/Program Manager at IIA, amyers@iiaweb.com
Dr. Jeffrey A. Nichols - Cyber Security Research Scientist, Computational Sciences & Engineering Division, ORNL, nicholsja2@ornl.gov
Patti O. Pace - Vice President, Digital Engineering, patti.pace@mstechnology.com
Dr. Scott Ruoti - Assistant Professor of Computer Science, Engineering and Computer Science Program, UT Knoxville, ruoti@utk.edu
Deborah Waddell - Senior Human Resources Manager, iXsystems, deb@ixsystems.com