Each team will be given a 3 hour time slot to harden inherited systems, complete various assigned tasks, and keep server services up and running. The top 8 schools will advance to the Mid-Atlantic Regional CCDC finals.

• Offensive Countermeasures – Defensive Techniques That Actually Work
• Automating Post-Exploitation with Metasploit

When: March 13-14, 2012
Time: 9:00 AM-5:00 PM EST
Where: The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab – Kossiakoff Center, 11100 Johns Hopkins Road, Laurel, Maryland 20723-6005
Cost: $2,000.00 per student

Throughout the spring, scenarios just like this one were played out during a series of Collegiate Cyber Defense Competitions (CCDC) held across the country. Boeing sponsored the two-day simulations that pitted university students against network security professionals, including Boeing cyber engineers, who volunteered their time to play the part of cyber criminal.”

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AACC was one of the original 5 schools to compete in the 1st CyberWatch Mid-Atlantic CCDC in 2006, along with the Community College of Baltimore County (MD), George Mason University (VA), Millersville Univesity (PA), and Towson University (MD). AACC took 2nd place that year and has competed in each MA CCDC since.

iSIGHT Partners’ Threatspace solution is the leading technology platform for high end cyber exercises. This proven technology and team have been delivering competitions around the world since 2005.  The ThreatSpace open exercise framework creates a high degree of realism. This realism  combined with unique scoring capability provides an excellent evaluation of real world cyber security skills and technology.  The open framework supports a wide array of target technologies and attack vectors including IPv4 and IPv6, wireless (802.11, RFID, GSM), VoIP and even SCADA.  Over the years the iSIGHT Partners team and technology has delivered exercises for an ever growing array of private and public customers around the world.

The virtual qualifying rounds take place February 6-24, 2012. The face-to-face regional finals, which will be held again this year at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab (JHU APL), will be March 15-17, 2012.

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The Maryland US Cyber Camps are summer programs designed for high school students in partnership with CyberWatch. Two one-week commuter day camps are scheduled in 2011. Students learn about the field of Cybersecurity and skills needed for this exciting profession. Specific topics covered include:

• Operating Systems
• System Administration
• Networking
• Programming
• Guest speakers
• Site visits
• Cyber defense exercise
• More, more, more

This is an intermediate level camp. Some technical experience is recommended such as: networking, Cisco Academy, and/or Java programming. Four days of activities culminate in a computer based “capture-the-flag” competition.

For more information, see here.