Virtual Cybersecurity Career Challenge
January 17, 2024

9:00 am PST | Virtual

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NCyTE's virtual Cyber Career Challenge provides students with real-world cybersecurity workforce experience. Students will work virtually in teams to configure, operate, protect, and defend a small network of machines.

Students from community colleges, technical colleges, and universities are encouraged to apply. Students have used the workshop int the past to complete an internship or co-operative education program requirement. Students should inquire at their institution about how they can turn the challenge into credits.

The information session covers the expectations, assignments, schedule, and the virtual environment. Students must attend an information session to apply for the challenge.

Eligibility

• Students must have completed introductory courses in networking and cybersecurity. 
• Students must attend an information session.
• Students must complete a team commitment agreement.

Schedule

• February - Workshop begins: Introduction to program work roles
• March - Introduction to the network requirements and team selection
• March - Network admin basics, Kanban, Gantt charts, Visio diagrams
• March to  May - Teams work independently and receive guidance on network management and pentest prep
• May - Pentest
• May - Team presentations

Students work in teams of five

• Develop a project plan for an Information System that supports a fictitious business.
• Utilize project management tools for communication and project implementation.
• Operate a network of nine devices within the technical requirements specified.
•  Defend their network against a penetration test.
• Analyze the network for any evidence of attacks or compromise resulting from penetration testing.
• Present their approach to operating the network and findings from the penetration test

 NCyTE is funded by National Science Foundation, ATE grant number 2054724