{"id":526,"date":"2025-01-28T17:00:06","date_gmt":"2025-01-28T17:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/csblog\/?p=526"},"modified":"2025-02-06T19:09:47","modified_gmt":"2025-02-06T19:09:47","slug":"messiah-cybersecurity-competition-team-qualifies-for-ccdc-regional","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/csblog\/messiah-cybersecurity-competition-team-qualifies-for-ccdc-regional\/","title":{"rendered":"Messiah Cybersecurity Competition Team Qualifies for CCDC Regional!"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Saturday, January 18, 2025, the Messiah University Cybersecurity Competition Team participated in the Mid-Atlantic Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition regional qualifier\u2014a virtual cyber competition that determines qualification for the in-person event in the DC area.\u00a0 The competition is an \u201cinherit and defend\u201d style event where teams are given a simulated business production environment, complete with all the systems a real business would have.\u00a0 They must harden the systems quickly before attackers attempt to break in.\u00a0 In addition to securing systems, the team functions as a legitimate business, responding to tasks, and writing business memos to and from the C-suite while keeping all systems online.<\/p>\n

This year, Messiah had one team competing, comprised of Chris, Brandon, Carolina, Austin, Ryan, Michael, Eli and Ben. <\/span> \u00a0The team demonstrated significant growth over last year, particularly in communication, task distribution, system administration skills, and incident response.\u00a0 However, they identified room for improvement in firewall configurations and managing mail servers.\u00a0 The team is coached by Dr. David Bibighaus.<\/span><\/p>\n

We are proud to share that Messiah University\u2019s team placed in the upper third of the competition while competing against large Division I schools with significant resources. This qualifies us to compete at a higher level in the in-person regional competition, which will be held March 21st\u201322nd. This achievement reflects the team\u2019s hard work and dedication, as well as Messiah\u2019s growing Cybersecurity Program. The team looks forward to building on this experience as they prepare for future competitions for many years to come.<\/p>\n

Thank you to Chris for this recap\u2026 and way to go, team!<\/p>\n

#messiahcyber<\/p>\n

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On Saturday, January 18, 2025, the Messiah University Cybersecurity Competition Team participated in the Mid-Atlantic Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition regional qualifier\u2014a virtual cyber competition that determines qualification for the in-person event in the DC area.\u00a0 The competition is an \u201cinherit and defend\u201d style event where teams are given a simulated business production environment, complete with … <\/p>\n

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