Mount Aloysius College offers a bachelor’s degree in Information Technology with a concentration in Cybersecurity and Digital Forensics. Courses are designed to focus on hands-on learning in a dedicated Cybersecurity lab under the instruction of diverse, highly-trained faculty with years of experience. Virtualized lab environments offer students additional opportunities to learn outside of the classroom environment. Courses are offered in the classroom as well as in hybrid and fully online formats.

Posters created for an awareness project in CSIT 201: Cybersecurity Fundamentals

• National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE) | NIST
• Cybersecurity Supply And Demand Heat Map (cyberseek.org)
• National Cyberwatch Center
• Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency
• National Cybersecurity Alliance
• Cybersecurity LibGuide

• DarkSide Ransomware Hit Colonial Pipeline—and Created an Unholy Mess | WIRED
• Apple’s Ransomware Mess Is the Future of Online Extortion | WIRED
• Stopping scams | News, Sports, Jobs – Altoona Mirror
• MITRE Releases Framework for Cyber Attacks on Industrial Control Systems | The MITRE Corporation
• Threatpost
• Security Week – Cybersecurity News, Insights, & Analysis
• Your Cybersecurity News Connection – Cyber News | CyberWire (thecyberwire.com)

Activities for Fall 2021:

• Oct. 8th at 9am Cybersecurity Presentation for Inauguration (open to the community) located in the Cyber Lab.
• Oct. 11 @ 5 – 6 pm Hack the Box Demo in Cyber Lab with Pizza
• October 20th- Cyber Kahoot – open all day till midnight 12am for a chance to win a 1st place prize. You do not need to know a lot about Cyber Security to play! Everyone is welcome!
• October 21st @ 11am to 1pm local Cybersecurity company Sourceree will be on campus for Cyber Month
• October 27th @ 5pm – Visit the dark side of Cyber! Make your own spooky slime and/or Halloween cards while learning the dark side of Cyber Security. Located outside in the tents (weather permitting) or in Bertchi Lounge.
• November 1, 2021 @ 3:30pm – virtual Cybersecurity presentation with Preston Jennings from Trinity Health

• Virtual Guest Speaker David Biser CSIT 201 – Feb. 23, 2021
• Cyber Club Meeting March 23, 2021

• SANs training now available and required for all employees

Kristi Smith
Department Chair &
Assistant Professor of IT
Center PoC

Jeffrey Sunseri
Assistant Professor of IT

Justin Williams
Cyber Defense Coach &
Instructor of IT