US Cyber Challenge Competition Looks to Identify Cyber-Warriors
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US Cyber Challenge Competition Looks to Identify Cyber-Warriors
By: Elaine Miller
Posted: 2010-03-31 20:54:57.0
Compete to Win a Free Seat at Cyber Camp
New York, California and Delaware will conduct Security Treasure Hunt competitions from April 12 through May 20 for college students. Winners will be eligible for all expenses paid Cyber Challenge summer camps and free advanced cybersecurity training. Because the competitions to qualify are online, students from any state may compete for the summer camp seats. To compete: sign up at Security Treasure Hunt by May 20, 2010.
Sponsored by the US Navy and other branches of the Armed Forces
The US Cyber Challenge is a national talent search and skills development program. Its purpose is to identify 10,000 young Americans with the interests and technical computer skills to fill the ranks of cyber security practitioners, researchers, and warriors. In particular, the search is looking for the people who can become the top guns in cyber security. The identification process relies on national competitions - with many winners. They include the CyberPatriot high school competition conducted by the Air Force Association, the DC3 Digital Forensics Challenge conducted by the US Department of Defense Cyber Crime Center, and the NetWars vulnerability identification competition conducted by the SANS Institute.
Three States will host 2010 US Cyber Challenge Camps
* Delaware: Wilmington University August 9-13
* California: Cal Poly Pomona on July 19-23
* New York: Polytechnic Institute of New York University on July 26-30
All three competitions allow teams to compete. Two competitions (Digital Forensics Challenge and NetWars) may also be entered by individuals. You may form your own team. CyberPatriot requires mentors and is limited to high school teams. The other two competitions do not. CyberPatriot teams must be supported by the AFJROTC or CAP unit associated with their high school, and each team is required to have a team advisor designated by their unit.
No entrance fees are required at this time to participate in any of the competitions.
Promising candidates will be recognized and their local papers will be told of their success. In addition, they will be invited to attend regional "cyber camps" to be held at local colleges, where they will develop their skills more fully and participate in additional competitions.
Candidates who rise to the top in these regional programs will be invited to participate in live national challenges like those coordinated by the University of Texas at San Antonio and NYU Polytechnic. Greatly promising candidates from these programs will have a real leg up in competitions for scholarships to study advanced cyber security at professional development programs like those run by the SANS Institute, or at colleges and graduate programs at participating schools.
The best of the candidates will be introduced to key federal agencies and corporations where the most advanced cyber security work is being done. Although no promises of employment can be made, these organizations are facing extreme shortages of security experts with extraordinary, hands-on technical skills, and these organizations are assisting in the design and operation of the US Cyber Challenge because they look forward to finding additional candidates for their most challenging assignments.
Information provided by the Sans Institute, a leading provider of security training and certification to government and industry. SANS: Computer Security Training, Network Security Research, InfoSec Resources.
Sounds interesting, any college studnets going to try it? I'm going to at least try it, and see what happens.
By: Elaine Miller
Posted: 2010-03-31 20:54:57.0
Compete to Win a Free Seat at Cyber Camp
New York, California and Delaware will conduct Security Treasure Hunt competitions from April 12 through May 20 for college students. Winners will be eligible for all expenses paid Cyber Challenge summer camps and free advanced cybersecurity training. Because the competitions to qualify are online, students from any state may compete for the summer camp seats. To compete: sign up at Security Treasure Hunt by May 20, 2010.
Sponsored by the US Navy and other branches of the Armed Forces
The US Cyber Challenge is a national talent search and skills development program. Its purpose is to identify 10,000 young Americans with the interests and technical computer skills to fill the ranks of cyber security practitioners, researchers, and warriors. In particular, the search is looking for the people who can become the top guns in cyber security. The identification process relies on national competitions - with many winners. They include the CyberPatriot high school competition conducted by the Air Force Association, the DC3 Digital Forensics Challenge conducted by the US Department of Defense Cyber Crime Center, and the NetWars vulnerability identification competition conducted by the SANS Institute.
Three States will host 2010 US Cyber Challenge Camps
* Delaware: Wilmington University August 9-13
* California: Cal Poly Pomona on July 19-23
* New York: Polytechnic Institute of New York University on July 26-30
All three competitions allow teams to compete. Two competitions (Digital Forensics Challenge and NetWars) may also be entered by individuals. You may form your own team. CyberPatriot requires mentors and is limited to high school teams. The other two competitions do not. CyberPatriot teams must be supported by the AFJROTC or CAP unit associated with their high school, and each team is required to have a team advisor designated by their unit.
No entrance fees are required at this time to participate in any of the competitions.
Promising candidates will be recognized and their local papers will be told of their success. In addition, they will be invited to attend regional "cyber camps" to be held at local colleges, where they will develop their skills more fully and participate in additional competitions.
Candidates who rise to the top in these regional programs will be invited to participate in live national challenges like those coordinated by the University of Texas at San Antonio and NYU Polytechnic. Greatly promising candidates from these programs will have a real leg up in competitions for scholarships to study advanced cyber security at professional development programs like those run by the SANS Institute, or at colleges and graduate programs at participating schools.
The best of the candidates will be introduced to key federal agencies and corporations where the most advanced cyber security work is being done. Although no promises of employment can be made, these organizations are facing extreme shortages of security experts with extraordinary, hands-on technical skills, and these organizations are assisting in the design and operation of the US Cyber Challenge because they look forward to finding additional candidates for their most challenging assignments.
Information provided by the Sans Institute, a leading provider of security training and certification to government and industry. SANS: Computer Security Training, Network Security Research, InfoSec Resources.
Sounds interesting, any college studnets going to try it? I'm going to at least try it, and see what happens.
When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened."
--Alexander Graham Bell,
American inventor
--Alexander Graham Bell,
American inventor