If you are a technologically inclined Coronado student, Cyber Security club is the place for you. Not only is Cyber Security Club a place to explore interesting computer science concepts, but it is also a place for you to meet fellow kindred spirits who admire the security aspect of computer science. The club meets in the library mid-lab every Tuesday morning if you are interested in becoming a part of the team.

Leading Cyber Security Club is Senior Ellis Sawyer whose idea for creating the club came from his classmates in his AP Chemistry class who shared an interest in cyber security but complained there was no outlet for their interest.

“I was talking to some of my friends in my AP Chem class, and we were talking about what they were interested in, and they said they were interested in cyber security, and I said “Cool. Is there a club for that?” and they said ‘No, but we would be really interested if they could actually learn it” and I said “come here Tuesday and I will teach it to you,” says Sawyer.

Sawyers says he saw “a present need for cyber security in the current workforce and there was [no class] currently here where you can learn it,” but Sawyer claims the school may be creating an “AP Cyber Security program soon, so you can get a head start on that”.

Sawyer himself says he wanted to create “a more focused club than just computer science club” because Cyber Security Club provides a more niche talent which normal computer science classes may not have the opportunity to really dive into.

Concepts that you would explore in Cyber Security Club include blocks chains, IOT security and other cyber security topics that concern governments, companies and individuals around the world. For example, Sawyer taught in his previous clubs meetings that “Block chains, [are] what Bitcoin uses to create transactions” and “IOT security, which is Internet of Things security,” involves the security of appliances like refrigerators which are now connected to the the internet.

Sawyer hopes that Cyber Security club will eventually be able to participate in competitions, such as “offensive and defensive capture the flag competitions, where one team would try to hack the other one, and the other team would try to protect their database against that team.”

Cyber Security club is an excellent way for you to explore your niche talent or interest for cyber security that would  otherwise not have the chance to be expressed, so anyone who is willing to learn or wants to improve themselves even further is welcome to come to the meeting Tuesday at the library mid-lab.