CyberPatriot

CyberPatriot Team

Team Commander: Cadet Ensign Alex Vakas

What is CyberPatriot?

CyberPatriot is the National Youth Cyber Education Program. At the center of CyberPatriot, is the National Youth Cyber Defense Competition where high school and middle school students are tested on their ability to identify vulnerabilities within operating systems and defend against potential hackers. Additionally, competitors will also be required to set up a working and secure Cisco network.

The competition:

Places teams of high school and middle school students in the position of newly hired IT professionals
Tasks these teams with managing the network of a simulated small company

During the rounds of competition:

Teams are given a set of virtual images that represent operating systems
Teams are tasked with finding cybersecurity vulnerabilities within these virtual images
Teams are tasked with hardening the system and maintain critical services for a six-hour period

Teams compete:

For the top placement within their state and region
To place among the top teams in the nation
To earn all-expenses-paid trips to Baltimore, MD to compete at the National Finals Competition
For national recognition and scholarships

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CyberPatriot

What is CyberPatriot?

The competition:

Places teams of high school and middle school students in the position of newly hired IT professionals

Tasks these teams with managing the network of a simulated small company

During the rounds of competition:

Teams are given a set of virtual images that represent operating systems

Teams are tasked with finding cybersecurity vulnerabilities within these virtual images

Teams are tasked with hardening the system and maintain critical services for a six-hour period

Teams compete:

For the top placement within their state and region

To place among the top teams in the nation

To earn all-expenses-paid trips to Baltimore, MD to compete at the National Finals Competition

For national recognition and scholarships