Coastal Cyber Center
The Coastal Cyber Center at the College of Coastal Georgia raises awareness for cybersecurity issues and supports the development of the cyber defense degree. Its mission is to offer support to local businesses, governmental units, and interested parties by collaboration with the School of Business and Public Management.
Both the College and the Center are dedicated to creating experts of all Coastal Georgia students, faculty, and staff as appropriate, to their chosen academic discipline or vocation.
The Center’s purpose is to strengthen the cybersecurity knowledge base of the Coastal Georgia community, and to equip them to deal with different types of cyber-attacks.
Institutional security resources and awareness
- National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
- National Cybersecurity Training and Education Center
- Acceptable Use of Computer Policy
- Email Identity and Visibility Policy
- Email Usage Policy
- Password Policy
- SSN Security Policy
- Technology Fee Guidelines
- Information Security Incident Response Policy
Advisory Board
The Cyber Defense Advisory Board (CDAB) consists of professionals in the Cyber Security and Information Technology field from various companies. The Advisory Board meets twice a year to discuss the needs of the Cyber Defense community in our region, ways to strength the Cyber Defense program and to review the current course content. The board provides insight on current trends and reviews the curriculum for strengths and weaknesses. The board members are given updates on recent graduates and their current employment status.
If you would like to know who the current members are, please email us at cyber@ccga.edu.
Cyber Sail News at Coastal Georgia
News Articles:
College of Coastal Georgia Cyber Team Excels in DOE CyberForce Competition
Alumni Profile: Wes Baird ’24: A Perfect Fit: A Journey in Cyber Defense and Leadership
Alumni Profile: Peyton Garris ’24: Not Waiting to Give Back
Cyber Defense Students Excel in CyberSEED 2024 Competition
College of Coastal Georgia Cyber Defense Students Continue to Impress in National Cyber League
Cyber Defense Team Finished in Top 5%
Coastal Georgia Cyber Defense Students Move Up in National Cyber League Ranking
Cyber Defense Student Sails into National Cyber League Top 3 Percent
Coastal Georgia Drops Anchor in the National Cyber League Cybersecurity Competition
Mariners Sailed into the Top 25 in Fall National Cyber League Competition
Cyber Defense Students Help Update Computers for Boys and Girls Club
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Dr. Nelbert St. Clair
Associate Professor of Cyber DefenseDr. Nelbert St. Clair is an Assistant Professor of Cyber Defense and Director of the Coastal Cyber Center. He earned his Doctor of Science (Dsc) in Information Systems and Communication from Robert Morris University (Moon Township, PA), M.A. in Information Technology Management from Webster University (St. Louis, MO) and a Bachelor of General Studies from the University of Nevada, Reno (Reno, NV). He earned all his civilian education while severing (now retired) in the Army National Guard for 23 years. He currently maintains 15 active cyber/IT certifications.
Dr. St. Clair started at the College in Fall of 2019, with the task of building a Cyber Defense program from the ground up. As the Director of the Coastal Cyber Center, a non-profit center aimed to provide IT services to non-profit and small businesses, he reaches out to the local community with the help of the Cyber Defense students. He believes in giving back to the community.
Dr. St. Clair inspires students to begin a career in the field of Information Technology. He brings to the Cyber education world, 23 years of experience in leadership, security, and military knowledge (National Guard including two deployments), 14 years in the private sector and 8 years working for the federal government. Dr. St. Clair’s main focus is cybersecurity education, but he enjoys recruiting new students and partnering with local businesses, to provide cyber education and services to the community, with the help of his students.
College of Coastal Georgia Cyber Defense Students Continue to Impress in National Cyber League
This year, the College moved up in ranking to 21 out of 470 institutions.