Hack@UCF

One of the university’s most dedicated Hack@UCF members will grace the commencement stage this fall, leaving a legacy that will benefit the cybersecurity community for years to come. Jeffrey DiVincent ’23, a security engineer at Amazon’s Seattle office, is poised to become a two-time Knight, having graduated with his bachelor’s degree in computer science two…

UCF’s student cybersecurity competitors are among the best in the nation, climbing to the No. 8 spot out of 6,510 teams in the U.S. for capture-the-flag (CTF) competitions. The CTFtime.org ranking, current as of Oct. 13, naturally fluctuates throughout the season as more teams complete competitions.  Over the past several weeks, UCF has climbed steadily,…

Members of UCF’s collegiate cybersecurity competition team have again taken first-place honors, this time at the Hack the Building 2.0: Hospital Edition competition in Columbia, Md. The group of five Knights, all computer science students and members of Hack@UCF – Zachary Groome, Harrison Keating, Colton Knight, Matthew McKeever and Nick Procaccio – beat out nine…

A team of three UCF graduate students thwarted cyberattacks on a fictional airport as part of an international cybersecurity competition, besting eight other teams to take top honors. Jeffrey DiVincent, Cameron Whitehead and Caitlin Whitehead came away with a first-place finish at the Aviation ISAC Student Cyber Challenge at the A-ISAC International Conference in Dublin,…

The Collegiate Cybersecurity Competition Team at the University of Central Florida added another national title to its winning record when it achieved the highest score among 22 colleges and universities competing in a new cyber competition sponsored by the National Security Agency. The inaugural NSA cybersecurity exercise or institutions designated as NSA Centers of Academic…

A new master’s degree in cyber-security and privacy will be offered beginning this fall at UCF, designed to train professionals who can protect and defend computer systems, networks and organizations from costly cyber attacks. The recent ransomware attack that crippled a southeast regional gasoline supply line has called attention to the impact and cost that cyber breaches…