A Cybersecurity Camp for children called CODe on the Road is underway in the valley
CODe on the Road is a week long program that provides an introduction to Cybersecurity to middle and high school students for free.
The program consists of six sessions in various parts of the valley.
Standard Session
Monday, June 12th - Friday, June 16th
- COD Palm Springs Campus from 9 am - 1 pm (FULL)
Monday, June 26th - Friday, June 30th
- COD Desert Hot Springs Campus from 9 am - 1 pm
Monday, July 10th - Friday, July 14th
- Toro Canyon Middle School from 9 am - 1 pm
Monday, July 17th - Friday, July 21st
- Desert Mirage High School from 9 am - 1 pm
Monday, July 24th - Friday, July 28th
- COD Palm Desert Campus from 9 am - 1 pm (FULL)
Advanced Session
Monday, July 31st - Friday, August 4th
- COD Indio Campus from 9 am - 1 pm (FULL)
Students from the valley will learn "how to defend a computer system from a simulated cyberattack", says College of the Desert Professor Felix Marhuenda Donate.
News Channel 3 - What will students learn during the program?
Professor Marhuenda Donate - Learn about cybersecurity principles. They're going to learn about how to stay safe online and, more importantly, how to defend systems from an attack. Well, on Fridays, we're going to have a simulated attack on different computer systems. And if they secure it, right, the hackers will have no access to the data. But if they left something, then they could be at risk.
News Channel 3 - Why are you interested in cybersecurity?
Student - I'm interested in learning how to code and hack in an ethical matter. And also how to find actual black hat hackers.
News Channel 3 - So far with the program, what have you learned?
Student - I've learned how to use certain apps and certain things on the computer that help us code. And I've also learned how to do certain things, such as how to use these activity things. Activity projects. So I've learned a lot.
News Channel 3 - What do you think about the interns and the instructors with the program?
Student - They're very nice, and they're helpful. And so they're teaching a lot of information good information with for cybersecurity.
The instructors are a mix of students from C.O.D. and staff.
