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TECH Competitions
 LEARN . . . COMPETE . . . 
win

Participating in technology competitions
is a great way to recruit and motivate students
towards the Cybersecurity field.


Students take what they have learned ​ in the classroom and put it towards winning trophies, scholarships
and college acceptances.

CyberPatriot  High  School  Cyberdefense  Competition

Sponsored by the Air Force Association, the Cyberpatriot Competition is designed to give hands on exposure to the foundations of cyber security. CyberPatriot is not a hacking competition. CyberPatriot's goal is to excite students about  (STEM) education. In each competition round, students are provided one to three Windows  or Linux virtual machines. These machines contain several vulnerabilities, and students are given a set amount of time to clean and secure the images. The top 12 teams of all three rounds compete in the National Championships in Baltimore, MD.

CSAW RED Team competition - at NYU  tandon  school of engineering

Formerly the High School Forensics Challenge, this competition has been redesigned as a two-part red team investigation for high school students. The online Qualification Round runs as a jeopardy-style CTF. Challenges are designed to encourage learning and skill-building in the areas of reversing, web security, forensics, crypto and pwning. 
The final 12 teams are flown to NYC to solve the final mystery by infiltrating and analyzing the findings of the operation without getting caught. 


Pico CTF - Carnegie Mellon University

PicoCTF is a computer security competition for high school students. The competition is a series of challenges centered around a unique storyline where participants must solve increasingly difficult digital puzzles dealing with encryption, reverse engineering, binary math, forensics, steganography and web programming.  The competition provides learning modules to make it accessible to all students.  Previous year competition challenges are online year-round so that students and teachers can practice!

Girls  Go  CyberStart

Girls Go CyberStart is a fun and interactive series of digital challenges designed to introduce students to the field of cybersecurity. No prior experience is required as the program gradually builds your knowledge base, introducing you to exciting topics like cryptography, web vulnerabilities, Python, Linux and forensics. Teamwork, persistence and determination are key. Whether you already know a bit about coding, or have never considered a career in technology, you'll enjoy Girls Go CyberStart!  The competition runs in 3 rounds - Assess, Game and Compete CTF.  When schools qualify for Stage 2, teachers get extra licenses so that boys can also play and learn from the over 300 cybersecurity challenges in CyberStart Game.  

Future Business Leaders of America technology contests

FBLA has annual competitions at the regional, state and national level.  There are 4 technology test-based contests and two that are based on software programming.  
1.       Computer Problem Solving
2.       Networking Concepts 
3.       Cybersecurity
4.       Intro to Tech Concepts (9th/10th graders only)
5.       Computer Game Programming 
6.       Desktop Programming 
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