CODe CyberPatriot Competition

Participants in the CyberPatriot competitions will enjoy learning about about Cyber Security from experienced COD professors and Computer Information (CIS) students. 

• CyberPatriot competitions consist of teams of middle and high school students in the position of newly hired IT professionals tasked with managing the network of a small company. Through a series of online competition rounds, teams are given a set of virtual operating systems and are tasked with finding and fixing cybersecurity vulnerabilities while maintaining critical services.  
• The top teams in the nation earn all-expenses-paid trips to Maryland for the National Finals Competition where they can earn national recognition and scholarship money.
• Teams have two challenges during their six-hour competition period:
  • Network Security Challenge: involves finding and fixing security vulnerabilities in Windows and Linux operating systems.
  • Cisco Networking Challenge: consists of an online quiz and a virtual networking exercise based on specific training materials.
    All rounds of competition, except for the National Finals Competition, take place online.
• First session of the term will be held at the COD Palm Desert Campus in the Cyber Lab room B8 on Friday, September 8th at 5:30pm and through ZOOM
• Training sessions will be held every other Friday following. Some Saturdays and Sundays may be required during competitions.
• All FREE of cost!!

To learn more about CyberCamps, visit their website at https://www.uscyberpatriot.org/afa-cybercamps/overview