A team of Capitol College information assurance students finished No. 7 in the Cyber Challenge 2013 sponsored by the MITRE Corporation and the (ISC)2 Foundation this past weekend. More than 65 teams competed in the national capture-the-flag style competition.
High school and college students competed in teams of four and challenges focused on stenography, software exploitation, computer forensics, cryptography and networking. The competition lasted for 24 consecutive hours from 3 p.m. on Friday, July 26 to 3 p.m. on Saturday, July 27.
Representing Capitol College in the competition were Marc Fruchtbaum, Jeremy Hedges, Andrew Durkin and Austin Richards.
Capitol College offers a bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degree in information assurance. Capitol’s cyber team members hone their skills in the college’s Cyber Lab where students simulate, detect, analyze and defeat cyber threats and hacker attacks. The hands-on education that students receive in the Cyber Lab is perfect for students looking for careers in the cybersecurity field. Many of the problems that students solve in the lab are common in industry, and prepare students for engaging careers after graduation.