CyberTech Girls & GenCyber Girls - Digital Forensics for Kids

Recorded On: 10/01/2020

   Coastline College in Orange County, CA hosts beginner cybersecurity events and summer camps for 7th to 12th grade female students to help reduce the gender gap.  Coastline’s one-week GenCyber camp in July 2019 included hands-on keyboard activities, hands-on hardware activities, and a career panel to help campers further develop their interest in cybersecurity concepts and professions.

   Hands-on workshops focus on cybersecurity concepts with age-appropriate activities such as mock crime scene with simulated digital forensics case, binary bracelets, crystal ball career goal, secure password development, Arduino do-it-yourself kit, computer assembly, and wireless network workshops. FBI, NSA, and local industry professionals provided insight to cybersecurity and technology careers.

   Coastline hosts CyberTech Girls events annually to help girls develop an interest in digital forensics careers. With an emphasis on the mock crime scene activities, the workshop demonstrates chain of custody and showcases careers in digital forensics. You can help provide insight into how these workshops can be made more exciting to help reduce the gender gap and bring more skilled professionals to the field of digital forensics.

Professor West

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Coastline College

   Professor West is Department Chair of Cybersecurity and Computer Information Systems at Coastline College and she teaches cybersecurity and digital forensics courses. She is also a PhD student at Dakota State University, studying in the Cyber Defense program with a research emphasis on forensics and data privacy. She enjoys organizing CyberTech Girls events and GenCyber Girls camp activities for middle school and high school girls to build career pathways and develop their interest in digital forensics, cybersecurity, and technology.

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Open to view video. Coastline College in Orange County, CA hosts beginner cybersecurity events and summer camps for 7th to 12th grade female students to help reduce the gender gap. Coastline’s one-week GenCyber camp in July 2019 included hands-on keyboard activities, hands-on hardware activities, and a career panel to help campers further develop their interest in cybersecurity concepts and professions. Hands-on workshops focus on cybersecurity concepts with age-appropriate activities such as mock crime scene with simulated digital forensics case, binary bracelets, crystal ball career goal, secure password development, Arduino do-it-yourself kit, computer assembly, and wireless network workshops. FBI, NSA, and local industry professionals provided insight to cybersecurity and technology careers. Coastline hosts CyberTech Girls events annually to help girls develop an interest in digital forensics careers. With an emphasis on the mock crime scene activities, the workshop demonstrates chain of custody and showcases careers in digital forensics. You can help provide insight into how these workshops can be made more exciting to help reduce the gender gap and bring more skilled professionals to the field of digital forensics.