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5th March 2013

High School Students Compete in National Cyber Defense Competition

mini-orbyCyberPatriot V will culminate next week with the National Finals Competition on March 14-16 at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in National Harbor, MD. After three impressive preliminary rounds for which over 1,200 teams registered, just 28 teams remain, including 2 teams from Manitoba. The teams will compete for top honours in the All Service and Open Division categories. Secretary of the Air Force Michael B. Donley will be the Keynote Speaker at the National Finals Competition Awards Banquet on Saturday evening. Awards will be presented by Maj. Gen. Suzanne M. Vautrinot , Commander, 24th Air Force, and Kathy Warden , Corporate Vice President and President, Northrop Grumman Information Systems.

This year’s finalists represent Alabama, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Missouri, New Mexico, Ohio, South Dakota, Texas, and Virginia. The two teams from Manitoba will also compete at the National Finals Competition as International Exhibition Teams. Join the National Finals Competition conversation on social media by following us @CyberPatriot and using the #CP5Finals hashtag on Twitter.

In this two-track competition, teams have registered from public, private, parochial and home schools in the Open Division, and Junior ROTC units of all Services, US Naval Sea Cadet Corps squadrons and Civil Air Patrol squadrons filled the All Service Division. This year’s registrants represented all 50 states, U.S. Department of Defense Dependent Schools in Europe and the Pacific, and Canada.

CyberPatriot—The National High School Cyber Defense Competition, an education initiative established by the Air Force Association, is a one-of-a-kind cyber defense competition designed to inspire students to consider science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields in their studies. The unique structure helps to prepare college- and career-ready students with not just technical skills, but also invaluable experience in teamwork, leadership, and critical-thinking. Competitors also gain great insights and technical expertise from industry leaders, including CyberPatriot’s presenting sponsor the Northrop Grumman Foundation.

This entry was posted on Tuesday, March 5th, 2013 at 4:43 pm and is filed under Contests, Education, Events, National News. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.
  1. Tami Quiring (@VillageGamer)
    8:45 am on March 5th, 2013

    Manitoba High School Students Compete in US National @CyberPatriot Cyber Defense Competition http://t.co/mH4qBZ8MfT #CP5Finals

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