CyberPatriot Competition
CyberPatriot is the Air Force Association's National Youth Cyber Education Program, created to inspire K-12 students toward careers in cybersecurity or other science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines critical to our nation's future.
National Youth Cyber Defense Competition
The National Youth Cyber Defense Competition puts teams of high school and middle school students in the position of newly hired IT professionals tasked with managing the network of a small company. Through a series of online competition rounds, teams are given a set of virtual operating systems and are tasked with finding and fixing cybersecurity vulnerabilities while maintaining critical services. Students compete for national recognition and scholarship opportunities.
UTEP will create the competing teams and assign each middle/high school student on a team. Teams will be made up of at 2-5 players and all within their respective middle/high school, if possible. Each team will be assigned a Coach, a (UTEP/EPCC) student, and will meet at least once a week, either in-person or virtually.
*No prior experience required.
UTEP COACH QUALIFICATIONS:
- Full-time student at UTEP
- Maintain 2.5 GPA minimum
- Proof of approved CyberPatriot volunteer status (More information below)
- Must be enrolled for Fall 2023 and Spring 2024
HOURS PER WEEK & WAGE
Monthly wage is yet to be announced
UTEP COACH DESCRIPTION
Coaches will be assigned at most four teams, at most twenty student competitors. Coaches will have to complete mandatory trainings. Coaches will be trained on CyberPatriot Competition concepts such as Cyber Hygiene, Virtualization, Windows Basics, Security Tools & Configuration, Basic Networking, Linux Fundamentals, and Cisco Packet Tracer. This training will ensure all coaches are well prepped before coaching their CyberPatriot teams. Once completing the Coach training, each coach will train their CyberPatriot competing teams with the training materials provided by CyberPatriot.
Coaches will be assigned at most twenty student competitors. Each team should be allocated five hours of Coach's time per week. The coach will have to register their teams with the assistance of the UTEP CyberPatriot Coordinators.
Each coach must apply to become a CyberPatriot Volunteer at the link below. A background check will be done by CyberPatriot and UTEP to ensure the safety of all minors. The PeopleFacts background check, initiated by CyberPatriot, will be sent to the CyberPatriot office within 48-72 hours. The CyberPatriot office will send an email to the applicant once they approve/deny the application based on the background check results. Applicants must provide proof of an approved CyberPatriot volunteer status before teams are assigned.
Training and Competitions Dates UTEP COACH DESCRIPTION
Mandatory Coach training will be in-person at UTEP on Saturday, October 7 from 10:00 a.m.- 1:00 p.m. Coach-Competitor training will tentatively start the week of October 9-14. The competitions will be held on October 21nd, November 4th, and December 9th. All competitions will be six consecutive hours at UTEP (lunch will be provided). Please ensure to be at UTEP 30 minutes prior to competition start time to allow for setup of machines.
*** Qualifying teams will progress from the State Round to the Semi-Finals which would be hosted at UTEP on January 20, 2023 ***
Benefits
- Each coach will gain CyberPatriot Coaching experience which can be placed on resumes
- Paid opportunity
- Gain additional skills
*No prior experience required.
Training and Competitions Dates
Coach-Competitor training will tentatively start the week of October 9-14th. The competitions will be held on October 21nd, November 4th, and December 9th. All competitions will be six consecutive hours at UTEP (lunch will be provided). Please ensure to be at UTEP 30 minutes prior to competition start time to allow for setup of machines.
*** Qualifying teams will progress from the State Round to the Semi-Finals which would be hosted at UTEP on January 20, 2023 ***
Benefits
- Gain new cybersecurity knowledge and skills!
- CyberPatriot Competition experience which can be placed on college applications!
- Opportunity to compete nationwide for scholarships.
- Finalists receive full-paid trip to compete at Nationals in Bethesda, MD in March 2024!
Curious about cybersecurity? Join the National Youth Cyber Defense Competition
Contact Information
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