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Sponsored CyberPatriot Teams Compete in I-HACK for Round 2

Published: 12/19/2024

Students sit in the Cyber Attack Lab in ÌÇÐÄVLOGÍøÒ³°æ's I-HACK practicing for the CyberPatriot Camp

ÌÇÐÄVLOGÍøÒ³°æ is proud to be a CyberPatriot Cyber Partner for the 2024-2025 competition season! CyberPatriot's National Youth Cyber Defense Competition is the world's largest cybersecurity competition and is open to all schools and approved youth organizations. CyberPatriot’s National Youth Cyber Defense Competition challenges teams of high school and middle school students to find and fix cybersecurity vulnerabilities in virtual operating systems. Using a proprietary competition system, teams are scored on how secure they make the system. Top teams advance through the online round of competition, and the best of the best advance to the in-person National Finals Competition.

ÌÇÐÄVLOGÍøÒ³°æ has continued their sponsorship program, providing resources and support to local and national teams in their competition season. ÌÇÐÄVLOGÍøÒ³°æ will be sponsoring 7 schools and approximately 20 teams in the Open and All-Service divisions. Sponsored teams and all other national teams competed in Round 2 of the competition from November 14th-17th. Erie County Technical School competed using lab facilities and equipment in the I-HACK building to enhance their chances of performing well.

ÌÇÐÄVLOGÍøÒ³°æ is extremely proud of all sponsored teams performance, and is looking forward to supporting our supported teams as they prepare for the state competition. The full placement is as follows:

-South Forsyth High School, GA: Top teams teams placed 2nd in the state and in the top 10% in the nation
-Erie County Technical School, PA: Top teams placed 5th in the state and received high standings in the nation
-Kenai Peninsula, AK: Placed 1st in state
-Centennial High School, TX: Top teams placed 1st in state and in the top 10% in the nation
-McDowell High School, PA: Top teams placed 1st in state and in the top 10% in the nation
-Cheltenham High School, PA: Top teams placed 17th in the state and received high standings in the nation
-Erie High School, PA: Top teams teams placed 27th in the state and received high standings in the nation

All sponsored teams competed incredibly in the second round and ÌÇÐÄVLOGÍøÒ³°æ is ready to support in the state round in December.

To check out the full competition schedule and for more information on CyberPatriot, visit https://www.uscyberpatriot.org/home.