Everyone likes to quote De Coubertin, the visionary founder of the modern Olympic Games: "The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not winning but taking part." But let's face it, when we compete, we all try to win.
Everyone likes to quote De Coubertin, the visionary founder of the modern Olympic Games: "The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not winning but taking part." But let's face it, when we compete, we all try to win.
The US Cyber Games is no different; it is about competing and winning, but it is also about learning and promoting a different way of educating the future generation of cybersecurity professionals.
Everyone who participates in such an innovative event has something to learn, even the coaches themselves: from other teams, each other, and the competitors.
The InfoSec complexity requires diversity and a wide variety of skills that no single individual can master on their own. And, just like in any other team sport, each one has a role to play to bring their nation to the highest step on the podium. And if that doesn't happen, yes, the important part rolls back yo taking part and, in this case, helping to fill the infamous workforce gap in cybersecurity. It is a win for society, no doubt about it.
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About the International Cybersecurity Challenge
In the first International Cybersecurity Challenge, teams from across the globe will compete in a series of challenges such as web application and system exploitation, cryptography, reverse engineering, hardware challenges, forensics and escape rooms.
About the US Cyber Games
The US Cyber Games was founded by Katzcy, in cooperation with the National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE) program at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). The program will run from April to October 2021 and consist of the US Cyber Open, the US Cyber Combine Invitational, and the selection of the first-ever US Cyber Team™ to represent the United States at the 2021 International Cyber Security Challenge (ICSC) held in Athens, Greece in December.
About the European Cybersecurity Challenge
The European Cybersecurity Challenge (ECC) is an annual competition, coordinated by the European Union Agency for cybersecurity. The event offers a platform for young cyber talents across Europe to gather and engage in networking over a unique opportunity to experience cooperation in trying to resolve a cybersecurity problem.
The ECC is intended to encourage young people to pursue a career in cybersecurity, by challenging and developing the participants’ skills needed in such extreme situations and connecting them with industry.
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Guests
Jasmine Jackson
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Dr. TJ OConnor
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Resources
More US Cyber Games News and Coverage on ITSPmagazine: https://www.itspmagazine.com/us-cybergames-2021-coverage-road-to-athens | On Twitter: https://twitter.com/USCyberGames | On LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/us-cyber-games/
EU Cybersecurity Challenge: https://www.enisa.europa.eu/topics/cybersecurity-education/eu-cyber-challenge | https://europeancybersecuritychallenge.eu/
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