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Information Security
The California Community Colleges (CCC) Information Security Center was decommissioned in 2023.
For information related to the following resources and standards, visit the Information Security Resources page.
Information Security Resources
- Cyber Incident Response
- Fraud Reporting
- Gramm Leach Bliley (GLBA) Compliance Guide
- Selected CISOA Presentations
Information Security Standards
- CCC Information Security Standard
- CCC Data Classification Standard
Information Security Policy Templates
To download policy templates, visit the Information Security Policy Templates page.
Information Security Software
For information about any of the following services available to colleges and districts from the CCC Technology Center Information Security Services, please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.:
- Security Logging: Splunk
- Vulnerability Management: Tenable.sc
- SSL Certificates: InCommon
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CCCApply: Common Application For Admission
CCCApply is the online gateway to the California Community Colleges. Each year at our 116 colleges, 1.8 million students from all over the world build their career skills, prepare for transfer to four-year colleges and universities, or simply enrich their lives through learning.
To date, more than 20 million online applications have been processed through CCCApply.
Recently redesigned with a student-centered approach, CCCApply streamlines the application process for students and staff. The redesign includes a full Spanish translation and is mobile-friendly across all CCCApply applications. The CCCApply suite offers four applications to meet students’ diverse needs:
- Standard application for U.S. residents
- California College Promise Grant application (formerly known as the Board of Governors Fee Waiver application)
- A streamlined Noncredit application
- International application
CCCApply Milestones
- 2012: The CCCApply standard (U.S. domestic) application was launched as part of a new suite of student-centric, online applications built on the CCC Systemwide Technology Platform. CCCApply standard application is now live at all 116 colleges.
- 2014: The California College Promise Grant was launched. It is currently being used at 45 colleges.
- 2016: The International Application was launched. It is currently live at 19 colleges.
- 2018: A Noncredit Application workflow was implemented for domestic (U.S.) students enrolling exclusively in noncredit courses.
- 2019-20: The CCCApply application suite underwent a major redesign and is now fully accessible to screen readers and other assistive technologies, mobile device-friendly, and supports full Spanish-language translation.
The CCCApply Advisory Committee oversees the application suite and determines new features that ensure compliance with state and federal legislation. The Technology Center facilitates meetings, documents change requests, change orders, and data dictionaries, and implements features based on the decisions and advice of the committee.
More Information
CCCApply Public Documentation
CCCApply.org (Student-facing website)
CCCApply Suite Flyer
CCCApply Noncredit / International / College Promise Flyer
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Connecting The California Community Colleges
Partnering with the Corporation for Educational Network Initiatives in California (CENIC) to use the California Research and Education Network (CalREN) high-bandwidth, high-capacity fiber network has resulted in millions of dollars in savings for the California Community Colleges.
To address bandwidth demand for the near future, the CCC Technology Center is working with CENIC to upgrade the majority of circuits connecting the colleges to CalREN to 10Gbps. In addition, approved college centers will receive 1Gbps primary and 1Gbps secondary circuits. These upgrades are expected to be in place by fiscal year 2025-26, and provide sufficient capacity for at least five to 10 years.
Ongoing projects starting 2024-25 through 2025-26 include the replacement of end-of-life routers and reviewing college, district, and center sites to improve the diversity of secondary circuits to ensure minimal impacts to student learning and daily college business.
The chart below shows a monthly breakdown of completed circuits to date. Select the image to enlarge it.
To report network routing or technical issues related to CENIC-managed circuits or CENIC Network, contact the CENIC Network Operations Center at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., or by phone at 714-220-3494. The CENIC NOC is available 24/7.
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CENIC
CENIC Public Documentation
System-Supported CENIC Services Catalog
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OpenCCC & Systemwide ID
OpenCCC is an initiative to establish one systemwide ID for every California Community Colleges student. OpenCCC provides a way to tie together student data to better outcomes and institutional improvement as students swirl among our colleges while taking advantage of a variety of new online services. In addition, having one systemwide student account, known as CCCID, will help provide a single sign-on for students.
With the roll out of OpenCCC and the CCCID with the new CCCApply application for admission, over 10 million students now have an OpenCCC account and a CCCID. Current studies show just over a two-tenths of one percent (0.002) duplication factor on these records, making them very reliable as a way to identify student data.
Student-centered Design
Full Spanish translation and a mobile-friendly interface mirror the look and feel of the CCCApply suite of applications to provide students a seamless application experience.
Security Controls
To ensure the security of millions of student records containing personally identifiable information, our cloud hosting provider and our security practices and controls meet the highest industry standards (currently SOC 2.0 and ISO 27001).
Utilizing Outcomes Data
As the CCCID matures and all CCC students get OpenCCC accounts, we will work with the California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office to incorporate the CCCID into the MIS data so that outcomes data in MIS can be tied to pre-enrollment data in CCCApply, assessment data in CCCAssess, education plans, and more.
Future Developments
By employing machine learning technologies, we will better identify and prevent duplicate accounts during the account creation process, thus driving duplicates below one-tenth of one-percent (0.001).
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SuperGlue
SuperGlue is an integration architecture developed by the California Community Colleges Technology Center to allow disparate Student Information Systems (SIS) to connect in a standardized way to systemwide technologies developed by the Technology Center or purchased by the CCC Chancellor's Office, such as the Multiple Measures Placement Service and the Canvas course management system.
SuperGlue provides a secure, robust framework for data exchange between these systemwide products and the colleges who use them. A key objective is to integrate all Chancellor’s Office-sponsored technology initiatives without putting additional burden on local college IT departments.
The architecture has three main parts:
College Adapter
The college adapter is a software component that is installed locally behind a college’s firewall to facilitate data running in and out of the college’s SIS. It enables disparate SIS’ to communicate in a standardized way through a cloud service, such as the Canvas course management system.
Standardized Data
An SIS configuration layer marshals SIS data, and moves it in and out of standard data models.
Data Exchange Using MDM
A data exchange model built around Master Data Management (MDM) gives each college flexibility to choose their SIS, and whether/how often to synch it with the centralized applications. MDM eliminates multiple point-to-point data exchanges across the systemwide products and colleges and replaces them with a single point of reference for reading and writing data.
For more about SuperGlue, explore the CCC Glue: College Adaptor discussions on the CCCTechnology staff helpdesk.
Technology Center Overview
Technology Center Overview
For more than 25 years, the CCC Technology Center has been dedicated to transformative innovation in support of the students and staff of the California Community Colleges in collaboration with the CCC Chancellor’s Office.
Adopt Technology Center Products
Adopt Technology Center Products
Supported by the Chancellor's Office, the Technology Center provides California community colleges with a suite of no-cost software solutions and deployment services geared toward improving student outcomes, increasing college efficiency, and strengthening the CCC as a whole.
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Technology Support for CCC Staff & Faculty
California Community Colleges staff and faculty using systemwide technology applications can find technical support resources and materials through CCCTechnology.info. The site is monitored by Tech Center support technicians and subject matter experts, providing 24/7, on-demand help and self-service support.
Tech Center Highlights
We bring systemwide enabling technologies to our colleges.
Adopt Our Tech
From connectivity to student services and educational technology.
Connecting Colleges
Gigabit fiber optic network for all of our colleges.
Information Security
Logging, monitoring, and no-cost tools to protect students and educators.
Accessibility
Training and resources to make tech accessible to users with disabilities.
Events
Upcoming CCC Technology Center workshops and webinars.
About the Technology Center
The California Community Colleges Technology Center, hosted by Butte College, facilitates and coordinates the work of systemwide technology. Our 25-year history of collaboration with the Chancellor’s Office and community colleges throughout the state has resulted in great strides forward for the system in areas including federated identity, application architecture, networking, and student services.
We operate under the Gartner model of “Run, Grow, Transform” to simplify our portfolio of services and prioritize resources in support of ongoing operations, the next phase of growth, and longer term transformative innovation.
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CCCApply In-Progress Applications Report
At a time when community colleges are seeing lower enrollment, data from CCCApply applications that were started but not submitted can inform a more tailored outreach or assistance to prospective students. Learn More
System Use of the CCCID
While the CCCID provides students with a secure, single sign-on to various cloud-based applications, it is also an effective tool for colleges, districts, and the Chancellor’s Office to track students’ non-linear journeys which often span multiple colleges. Learn More
Tech Center, SDCCD: CENIC 2024 Innovations in Networking Award
Award recognizes San Diego Community College District's project to move its ERP to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, ensuring a more efficient, scalable, and secure management of resources. The project was supported by the CCC Technology Center and CENIC. Learn more