NCyTE Monthly Meeting: Virtual Cybersecurity Career Challenge

  • Fri, January 20, 2023
  • 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
  • VIRTUAL

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Virtual Cybersecurity Career Challenge

January 20, 2023
9 am PST

Offer your students a real-world experience working in cybersecurity!

NCyTE is holding a ten-week Virtual Cybersecurity Career Challenge (CCC) for college students. Students will work in teams to configure, operate, protect, and defend a network of machines.

Faculty from community colleges and universities are encouraged to attend this month's member meeting to learn about the CCC. Vincent Nestler led last year's CCC and will do so again this spring. He will cover what students will accomplish in the workshop, share student success stories from last spring, and provide updates on what students can expect in the upcoming CCC.

Cyber Career Challenge Student Schedule

  • April 10 - Workshop begins: Introduction to program work roles
  • April 17 - Introduction to the network requirements and team selection
  • April 24 - Network admin basics, Kanban, Gantt charts, Visio diagrams
  • May 1 to June 5 - Teams work independently and receive guidance on network management and pentest prep
  • June 12 - Pentest
  • June 15 - Team presentations
  • September 15 (Optional) Virtual Career Fair

Learning objectives

Students will work in teams of three to successfully complete the following:
  • 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.

College credit - Students who are interested in earning internship or co-operative education credits by completing the CCC need to inquire with their institution. The CCC does not offer college credit. The CCC instructor, however, holds a similar role as an employer would in an internship. Students need to contact their program advisor at their institution to find out if the CCC will qualify and the process for earning credits. 



Presenter:

Vincent Nestler

Associate Professor

Senior Personnel, NCyTE Center


NCyTE is funded by the National Science Foundation grant #2054724.

Presenter:

Vincent Nestler

Associate Professor

Senior Personnel, NCyTE Center