[COMPETITION]
Competition in cybersecurity plays a vital role for driving innovation and fostering talent. Cyber@UCI hosts competition teams for members who want to dive deeper into the competitive environment.
We currently participate in the Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition (CCDC), Hivestorm, eCitadel, and CTFs. We have previously participated in the Collegiate Penetration Testing Competition (CPTC) and the National Cyber League (NCL). From Cyber@UCI's, we have consistently placed both regionally and nationally at major events.
The Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition (CCDC) is the premier collegiate cybersecurity competition in the United States. Over 100 teams across different regions compete every year. It is endorsed by Congress and sponsored by top defense companies, with winners receiving special attention as to recruitment.
The scenario is that each collegiate team, also known as the "Blue Team", inherits an identical corporate network and has to secure it against a live team of professional penetration testers and red teamers, alongside maintaining critical services, handling business tasks, and providing customer service.
It’s the best applied cybersecurity experience you can get in college - competitors become well-rounded individuals who would excel in any security role, may that be system administrators, security engineers, DevOps engineers, pentesters/red teamers, or governance risk and compliance specialists. CCDC competitors also become used to working in stressful situations and working in a tight-knit team to defend against red teamers.
UCI Advances to National Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition
Cyber@UCI team places fourth in national cybersecurity competition