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U.S. Cyber Challenge and Delaware Universities Host Annual Cybersecurity Boot Camp & Competition
Wilmington University students will compete at Delaware State in program designed to identify the next generation of cybersecurity talent.
U.S. Cyber Challenge (USCC) will host the 7th annual State of Delaware Summer Cyber Camp program July 11 through July 15 in collaboration with Wilmington University, the University of Delaware, Delaware State University, Delaware Technical Community College (Del Tech) and the Delaware Department of Technology and Information (DTI). The camp will take place at Delaware State University in Dover.
Participants will develop their cybersecurity skills through intensive classroom instruction by industry experts over four days. Curriculum at the Delaware camp will include in-depth workshops on a range of topics including packet crafting and pen testing, all taught by college faculty, SANS Institute senior instructors and other cybersecurity experts.
On July 15, the final day, campers will face-off against each other in a virtual “Capture the Flag” cyber-attack and defense competition. The competition takes place at Delaware State University in the Martin Luther King Jr. Student Center, Parlor B & C, beginning at 8:00 a.m.
At 1:30 p.m., immediately following the competition, an award ceremony will take place to honor the competition winners and camp participants. The awards ceremony will include remarks from Senator Tom Carper, Delaware State Chief Information Officer (CIO) James Collins, a representative of (ISC)2, and U.S. Cyber Challenge National Director Karen S. Evans will be on hand to provide remarks and congratulate both winners and participants of this year's Cyber Challenge.
Over 50 individuals will be attending the Delaware camp this year. Attendees to the invitation-only camps were selected based in part on their scores from Cyber Quests, an online competition offered through USCC in April that drew hundreds of competitors nationally.
The 2016 Cyber Summer Camp Series features three week-long camps located in Delaware, Illinois and Utah. The camps are part of several initiatives underway through USCC, a national campaign focused on identifying and developing cybersecurity talent to meet the country’s critical cybersecurity workforce needs.
The camp is supported in part through partnerships with the Center for Cyber Safety and Education, NIC, the Association for Federal Information Resources Management (AFFIRM), SANS Institute, Department of Homeland Security, the Federal CIO Council, Cyber Ninjas, Workday, Amazon Web Services, Monster Government Solutions, CenturyLink, AT&T, and PCM-G. Local sponsors include Wilmington University, Delaware State University, University of Delaware, and Delaware Technical Community College.
For more information about the Cyber Camp program and each of the specific camps, visit U.S. Cyber Challenge online at www.uscyberchallenge.org.
Contact mrasamny@desu.edu or jbates@dtcc.edu with any questions about the 2016 Cyber Security Camp.
About U.S. Cyber Challenge:
U.S. Cyber Challenge (USCC) is a program of the Center for Internet Security, a 501(c)3 organization, and has the mission to significantly reduce the shortage in the cyber workforce by serving as the premier program to identify, attract, recruit and place the next generation of cybersecurity professionals. USCC’s goal is to find 10,000 of America’s best and brightest to fill the ranks of cybersecurity professionals where their skills can be of the greatest value to the nation.
About Wilmington University
Wilmington University is a private, nonprofit institution committed to providing flexible, career-oriented, traditional and online associate, undergraduate, graduate and doctoral degree programs. Ranked as the second fastest growing doctoral institution in America 2003 – 2013 by The Almanac of The Chronicle of Higher Education, affordable tuition, academic excellence and individualized attention are hallmarks of the University that enable greater student success in their chosen careers. For more information, contact Wilmington University at 302-356-INFO (4636), via email at infocenter@wilmu.edu, or visit our website: www.wilmu.edu.
