Tobi West, PhD, CISSP

Director of Coastline College’s Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense (CAE-CD) education.

twest20@coastline.edu
(714) 546-7600

College Service

CAE-CD Cyber Center Director
Maintain Coastline’s Cybersecurity program in compliance with the National Centers of Academic Excellence as outlined by the National Security Agency and Department of Homeland Security. This includes continuous improvement evaluation, Coastline’s Cyber Center website, curriculum, programs, student outreach and employment opportunities, industry advisory board, and CAE community involvement.
2017-Present

CAE Community of Practice Steering Committee
CAE in Cybersecurity CD Track Program Planning Chair
Prioritize the goals and objectives
Provide feedback on planning and assessments of programs
Aggregate feedback from CAE members
2020-Present

CA Cybersecurity Apprenticeship Program at Coastline College
Plan, organize, and coordinate apprenticeship courses & workshops
2016-Present

Tenure Review Committees
Evaluation of full-time faculty members during the tenure-track process.
2019-Present

CyberTech Girls, Founder
Plan, organize, and host events for middle school and high school students at Coastline College
2015-Present

Academic Senate
Recording Secretary 2024-2025, 2025-2026.
Treasurer 2023-2024.
Recording Secretary 2022-2023.
President Elect 2021-2022.
Chair Academic Rank 2018-2022.
Committee member.
2017-Present

NSF ATE, Principal Investigator, Award #1800999
Cyber Up! Digital Forensics and Incident Response
Develop courses for AS in Digital Forensics & Incident Response
https://ate.is/cyberup
2018-2023

Competency Based Education (CBE) Program Development Group
Cross-disciplinary faculty collaboration to develop curriculum and course content for an entry-level management CBE associate degree
2021-2023

C-ID IT/IS – Faculty Discipline Review Group Committee Member
Provide for model curriculum in Information Technology and Cybersecurity
2019-2023

Coastline College Curriculum Committee
Review curriculum and provide feedback for all disciplines.
2021-2023

Southern California Community College Consortium on Cybersecurity (SoCalCCCC)
Plan, organize, & host monthly collaboration events to work with 9 local community colleges
2015-2021

CyberPatriot Cybersecurity Defense Competition
Plan and organize competition and training for middle school and high school students
2013-2018

Coastline Teaching Experience

CIS C111 Intro to Info Systems & Programming
CIS C113 Personal Cyber Wellness
CIS C250 Introduction to Data Analytics
CIS C260 Systems Analysis and Design
CIS C275 Data Mining and Analytics
CIS C280 Data Visualization
CST C177B Configuring Windows Devices
CST C233 Cyber Competition
CYBR C101 Introduction to Cybersecurity
CYBR C132 Introduction to Ethical Hacking
CYBR C150 Introduction to Digital Forensics
CYBR C170 Cybercrime & CSIRT Coordination
CYBR C230 Network Security
CYBR C270 Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)
CYBR C291 Certified Advanced Security Practitioner
IT C128 Computer Networking Principles