Advance IT Minnesota (formerly The Center for Strategic Information Technology and Security) is hosted the Minnesota-Wisconsin Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition concurrently at Alexandria Technical College and Minneapolis Community and Technical College on Saturday, February 27 (10am-7pm), 2010.
NEW: Here are some photos from the competition!
3 Teams competed at Alexandria Technical College:
- Alexandria Technical College (ATC)
- Minnesota State Community and Technical College (MSCTC) 2nd Place Winner
- St. Cloud State University (SCSU)
4 Teams competed at Minneapolis Community and Technical College:
- Inver Hills Community College (IHCC) 1st Place Winner
- Milwaukee Area Technical College (MATC) from Wisconsin
- Minneapolis Community & Technical College (MCTC)
- Minnesota State University, Mankato (MSU) 3rd Place Winner
Great job by all teams to who put in countless hours to prepare and compete. Congratulations to the winners of the MN-WI CCDC!
UPDATE ON THE REGIONALS: The top two winners competed in the Regionals held at Inver Hills Community College on March 12-14, 2010. Midwest Regional CCDC Competition, March 12-14, 2010. The winners were:1st DePaul University2nd Southern Illinois University Carbondale3rd Baker College of Flint
Please visit mwccdc.org to learn more.
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Additional Information:
The registration database is for EVERYONE who plans to attend: coaches, team members, volunteers, judges, observers, speakers, etc. and each person should SELF-REGISTER for this reason. DEADLINE to guarantee shirt of specific size is Friday, February 5, 2010.
What are the Goals of the Competition?
The Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition allows institutions of higher education which offer an information assurance or computer security curriculum to assess their students' depth of understanding and operational competency in managing the challenges inherent in protecting an enterprise network infrastructure and business information systems.
The competition features a controlled competitive environment that can:
- Provide a meaningful mechanism for institutions to evaluate their programs.
- Gives students an opportunity to apply the theory and skills they have learned in their course work.
- Foster a spirit of teamwork, ethical behavior, and effective communication both within and across teams.
- Open a dialog and awareness among participating institutions, students, and sponsoring organizations.
- Let participants have fun!
What Does the Competition Involve?
This competition builds on the experience of the first Southwest Regional Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition hosted by the University of Texas at San Antonio in the spring of 2005 and annual competitions ever since. Unlike many cyber security competitions, this exercise concentrates on defense. The teams are not allowed to take the offensive. Instead, a professional red team executes a series of simultaneous pre-planned attacks on all teams while the teams perform day-to-day business activities in a sumulated IT environment.
The competition will include six teams consisting of eight students each from numerous Minnesota community/technical colleges. Each team will be given identical computer configurations at the start of the competition. Throughout the competition, the teams must ensure the systems supply the specified services, while under attack from the red team. In addition, the teams will have to satisfy periodic "injects" that simulate business activities IT staff must deal with in the real world.
What Happens to the Winning Team?
The winning team will be invited to participate in the Midwest Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition hosted at Inver Hills Community college in Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota on March 12-13, 2010.
How Can I Get Involved?
Invited teams are required to meet the following qualifications:
- All members must be active students at the team school.
- The school should offer courses that teach the principles outlined in the CNSS standards.
- The sponsoring school must be located in Minnesota or Wisconsin.
We are also looking for people and organizations to become involved as sponsors, judges, and general support staff. If you would like to get involved, please contact us.
