HACC Cybersecurity Center
HACC, Central Pennsylvania’s Community College, and its Cybersecurity Program have been designated by the National Security Agency (NSA) as a Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense (CAE-CD).
For more information, please contact Maria Hamilton, HACC’s NSA-CAE point of contact, at mehamilt@hacc.edu.

About Our Program
HACC’s Cybersecurity Program can be YOUR first step to a challenging and rewarding career in the information security field.
The program prepares students to pursue a bachelor’s degree in cybersecurity. Our classes focus on:
- Computer programming
- Mathematics
- Network infrastructure
- Operating systems and their secure application
Faculty in the program include:
- Doug Brown, Professor of Computer Networking Technology
- Rich Elwell, Professor of Computer Networking Technology
- Kelley Engle, Professor of Computer Information Systems
- Maria Hamilton, Associate Professor of Computer Information Systems
- Rob Schanke, Associate Professor of Computer Information Systems
- Guy Starsnic, Adjunct Faculty in Computer Information Security
HACC Support
https://libguides.hacc.edu/learningcommons
Industry Advisory Group
Advisory Board Members
- Caroline Aboff, AT&T
- Micah Bias, Armstrong Flooring
- Jonathan Bishop, Susquehanna Township School District
- Mike Bridgehouse, Dauphin County Technical School
- Brandon Danner, Penn National Insurance
- Linda DeAngelo, Department of the Auditor General
- Matthew Dwyer, Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University
- Julie Gardner, WebFX
- Daniel Giffin, Lebanon County Career & Technology Center
- John Gronski, Department of the Auditor General
- Jeffery Hawks, U.S. Army Heritage & Education Center
- Richard Heater, Cumberland-Perry Area Vocational Technical School
- Matt Heilman, Members 1st
- Michael Henry, D&H Handling
- Jon Hetrick, Hershey Entertainment & Resorts
- Rich Hornberger, Phoenix Contact USA
- Ed Jablonski, Fulton Bank
- Keith Kapp, Cumberland Valley School District
- Michele Keogh, Department of the Auditor General
- Doug Knight, Capital Blue Cross
- Steve Kosman, Gettysburg Area High School
- Michael Lewis, Phoenix Contact USA
- Richard Long, PSECU
- Tom Malesic, EZMarketing Agency
- Scott Maronic, PSECU
- Wally Ann McClain, TEKsystems
- Hugo Soto Montano, Mount Saint Mary's University
- Rob Moyer, Wagman Construction
- Sean Mulcahy, Orrstown Bank
- Christopher Mumma, BeneCard PBF
- Luke Mumper, Amazon
- Rob Muth, Members 1st
- Michelle Nardi, Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission
- Scott Nyce, Fulton Bank
- Aytekin Oldac, PA Health Management, Inc.
- Julie Paddleford, Orrstown Bank
- Catherine Rhodes, Global Data Consulants
- David (D.J.) Rodkey, Carlisle Area School District
- Daniel Saia, Coral Reef Partners
- Christopher Smith, York County School of Technology
- Paul Smith-Morse, Pennsylvania State Police
- Kevin Switala, Gannett Fleming
- Craig Wiley, Penn National Insurance
- Glen Williams, TRC Interactive
- Tyler Yeager, Ark Technology
- Michael Zarreii, Axon Medical Technologies
- Michael Zimmerer, Amazon Web Services
HACC Employees
- Jennie Baar
- Diane Bittle
- Doug Brown
- Richard Elwell
- Kelley Engle
- Maria Hamilton
- Cristina Julan
- Connie Ogle
- Jennifer Orlando
- Evelin Schwartz
- David Shaffer
- Robert Shanke
- Ed Van Blargan
- Eric Yoxheimer
Learn More about Cybersecurity
News: https://social.cyware.com/cyber-security-news-articles
Events: https://www.ncyte.net/career-seekers/advanced-components/list-detail-pages/calendar-meeting-list/-toggle-allpast
National Cyber League