2017 Cyber Patriot State Competition: Congratulations on Winning the Gold for Level I Team 1 ====== Coach: SM Logan Mentor: FO Facteau Team Lead: C/MSgt Petullo C/TSgt Pigeon C/A1C Materas C/A1C Barber Team 2 ====== Coach: 2d Lt Fontes Mentor: FO Facteau Team Lead: C/2d Lt Gustafson C/SSgt Logan C/SSgt Sawicki CADET Fedor How does competition work? Teams compete in three divisions:
Prior to the rounds, teams download “virtual image” representations of operating systems with
known flaws, or cybersecurity “vulnerabilities.” Teams must find the flaws while keeping computer
functions working. Team progress is recorded by a central CyberPatriot scoring system.
For the Open and All Service divisions, scores from two online qualification rounds are added together
to determine team placement into one of three tiers for the State Round: Platinum, Gold, or Silver.
These tiers have cybersecurity challenges of different degrees of complexity, with Platinum being the
tier with the highest degree of difficulty and the only tier where teams have the opportunity to
advance to the National Finals competition. After the online State Round, the top teams in each state
advance to the Regional Round for the Open Division. The top six teams in each All Service Division
category advance to the Category Round.
Following the Regional and Category rounds, the top 12 Open Division teams and top two teams from
each All Service Division category (Air Force/Army/Marine Corps/Navy JROTC, CAP, USNSCC) and one
wild card team advance, all-expenses paid, to the in-person National Finals Competition held in
Baltimore, Maryland. There, the Finalists compete face-to-face against other teams in their division to
defend virtual networks from a professional aggressor team. Winners of the National Finals are
awarded scholarship grants. The Middle School competition is slightly different. After two qualifying rounds, the top 50% of teams
advance to the Semifinals. From there, the top three teams advance to the National Finals
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