Cybersecurity Foundations
Description
Participants complete a Cybersecurity exam covering general cybersecurity vocabulary and knowledge needed to execute tasks commonly performed by all levels of cybersecurity professionals. Using digital presentation software, participants prepare a presentation, addressing a specific cybersecurity issue (see below), to a group of hypothetical corporate board members.
2023-24 Challenge
Employees at Corp Inc. are being targeted by hackers using brute force attacks on the passwords resulting in important information being leaked.
Ewan Kelley, Whatcom MS, 2023 1st Place
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Event Deadlines
January 11, 2024
Students will need their Participant ID number, and password, from their advisor.
Students should summarize the problem and their solution, and list their fictitious (fake) company name. Submit as 1 pdf file.
march 2024
Students will take a Cybersecurity test at the state conference on Wednesday night during the testing window.
All team members must bring a laptop for testing that can connect to wifi (which may require entering a password).
Semifinalists will give a presentation.
NOTE
This is a low enrollment event, requiring students to receive at least 75% of the total points possible to be in the Top 5 on stage, or to progress to the National TSA Conference in this event.
Washington TSA Rules
To compete, students must belong to an affiliated TSA chapter, register for competition by December 15, 2023, and pay the $30 competition fee. Participants must also meet the January 11 event deadlines (see above) to “qualify” for the Washington TSA State Conference in March.
To compete at the WTSA State Conference, students must have been registered in December, met the Jan. 11 deadline, and then register in February for the State Conference ($420/$500 per student package price (4 or 2 students per room)).
At the state level, 5 individuals per chapter may compete.
Additional Information
Event Coordinator:
Event Manager: Spencer Martin, spencer.martin@sunnysideschools.org