Congratulations from the Air Force Association to All Service Division teams that have advanced to compete in the CyberPatriot National Finals Competition. Among the twelve teams is the Springville Composite Squadron, Civil Air Patrol of Ashville Alabama.
CyberPatriot is the premiere national high school cyber defense competition created to inspire high school students toward careers in cybersecurity or other science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines critical to our nation's future.
Now in its fourth phase, CyberPatriot IV is open to all high schools, Civil Air Patrol Units, JROTC Units, and accredited home school programs around the country.
The Competition- In each competition round, students are provided one to three virtual machines. These machines contain several vulnerabilities, and students must clean the image of them. The virtual machines can have Windows or GNU/Linux Operating systems. They are given a set amount of time on the competition day to do so. Teams that find the most vulnerabilities pass on to the next round, and the winners of all three rounds compete in the National Championships in Washington, D.C. The National Finals Competition will take place on March 22-23 in National Harbor, Maryland. -B Meyer, FMI: CyberPatriot