{"id":143991,"date":"2024-11-15T15:14:44","date_gmt":"2024-11-15T20:14:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/143991///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/143991//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/143991//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/143991//?p=143991"},"modified":"2024-11-18T10:45:56","modified_gmt":"2024-11-18T15:45:56","slug":"ucf-continues-its-winning-legacy-at-the-u-s-department-of-energy-cyberforce-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/143991///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/143991//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/143991//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/143991//ucf-continues-its-winning-legacy-at-the-u-s-department-of-energy-cyberforce-competition/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/143991//","title":{"rendered":"Âé¶¹Ó³»´«Ã½ Continues Its Winning Legacy at the U.S. Department of Energy CyberForce Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Âé¶¹Ó³»´«Ã½ Collegiate Cybersecurity Competition Team has claimed another national title with a first-place finish at the 2024 U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) CyberForce Competition. The win marks Âé¶¹Ó³»´«Ã½/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/143991/u2019s fifth championship and fourth consecutive victory, with previous wins in 2018 and 2021-23./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/143991/n
The annual competition, which celebrates its 10th anniversary this year, challenges competitors to protect a critical infrastructure against malicious cyber activity. This year, 96 teams representing 71 universities put their cybersecurity skills to the test by protecting a wind energy generation plant./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/143991/n
/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/143991/u201cCyberForce is the preeminent collegiate cyber defense competition during the fall semester,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/143991/u201d says team head coach and advisor Tom Nedorost. /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/143991/u201cIt/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/143991/u2019s big news that we/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/143991/u2019ve won it five times in the past nine years. No other team has won more than once./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/143991/u201d/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/143991/n
The first-place team, A Team With a Dream, comprises cyber security and privacy master/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/143991/u2019s student and team captain Harrison Keating /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/143991/u201924, cyber security and privacy master/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/143991/u2019s students Jeffrey DiVincent /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/143991/u201923 and Matthew McKeever /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/143991/u201924, computer science doctoral students Caitlin Whitehead /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/143991/u201924MS and Cameron Whitehead /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/143991/u201924MS, and senior computer science student Rodrigo Almeida Santos./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/143991/n
Âé¶¹Ó³»´«Ã½/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/143991/u2019s second team, the Citronauts, had a commendable performance earning sixth place and a spot among the top 10 finishers in the competition. The team comprises junior political science student and team captain Noah Magill, junior computer science major Joseph Durand, senior computer science student Anthony Marrongelli, junior IT student Ardian Peach and sophomore computer science students Muhammad Ali and Miles Rack./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/143991/n