Cyber Defense

The UCF Collegiate Cybersecurity Competition Team finished the Spring semester on May 5th with a 2nd Place finish in the Spring International Cyber League Collegiate Cup.

Amanda Theel, Director for the Department of Energy’s CyberForce Competition, visited UCF and toured the Lockheed Martin Cyber Innovation Lab on April 18th.

Congratulations to Cameron Whitehead (MS-DF) for finishing in 1st Place and to Caitlin Whitehead (MS-DF) for finishing in 3rd Place in the 2023 Conquer the Hill: Adventurer Competition on April 15th.

Congratulations to the UCF Collegiate Cybersecurity Competition Team and their coach, Dr. Tom Nedorost for winning the 2023 Information Security Talent Search Competition.

UCF Captures 3rd Place in Global Pen Testing Competition January 23, 2023 The C3 Team finished in 3rd Place in the Global Collegiate Penetration Testing Competition sponsored by IBM and held at RIT’s Global Cybersecurity Institute.   Each team took on the role of a small Penetration Testing company on a penetration testing engagement for a…

Congratulations to the UCF Collegiate Cybersecurity Competition Team and coaches for winning the 2022 WRCCDC Invitational on Saturday, December 3rd.

Congratulations to the UCF Collegiate Cybersecurity Competition Team and coaches Tom Nedorost and Martin Roberts for winning the Southeast Collegiate Penetration Testing Competition hosted by Augusta University at the Georgia Cyber Center on November 19-20th.

UCF finished runner-up in the Final Round of the International Cyber League Collegiate Cup competition on November 17th. UCF correctly identified and responded to all adversarial threats and scored 100% in just 65 minutes.

UCF won the 2022 NIATEC Invitational Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition hosted by Idaho State University on November 12th. Two teams from Brigham Young University finished in 2nd and 3rd Place this year.

Two UCF teams claimed 1st and 2nd places in the 2022 DOE CyberForce Competition on November 5th at the Q-Center in St. Charles, IL. Penn State finished in 3rd Place. This is the third time UCF has won the CyberForce National Championship (2018, 2021, 2022).