UCF鈥檚 cyber-warriors have done it again.
Team members from the Collegiate Cyber Defense Club @ UCF took first place in the Southeast Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition held this week at Kennesaw State 海角直播 in Georgia. It鈥檚 the third consecutive year that UCF鈥檚 team has come out on top in the Southeast region.
The team will now travel to San Antonio on April 24-26 to compete in the Raytheon National Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition against nine other regional winners.
Other teams will likely be gunning for the 海角直播 in San Antonio, because UCF鈥檚 team is the defending national champion. That victory in 2014 earned team members a trip to the White House to meet Vice President Joe Biden.
It鈥檚 a busy month for UCF鈥檚 cyber-warriors. On Friday, they head to Microsoft headquarters in Redmond, Wash., to participate in the computer and software giant鈥檚 鈥淏uild the Shield鈥� competition for the first time.
At the Southeast competition on Tuesday and Wednesday, UCF also won two specialty awards: 鈥淏est in Business鈥� for accurately completing the largest number of business injects of any team, and 鈥淏est in Service鈥� for maintaining the highest overall system up-time of 92 percent. This year’s up-time score breaks the previous up-time record for the Southeast region, which was also set by UCF in 2013.
In winning the Southeast contest, the UCF team bested teams from the 海角直播 of South Florida, 海角直播 of North Carolina-Charlotte, 海角直播 of North Carolina-Wilmington, College of Charleston, Georgia Regents 海角直播, Montreat College and Tennessee Technical 海角直播.
Members of this year鈥檚 team include: Carlos Beltran, Jason Cooper, Austin Brogle, Conner Brooks, Kevin Colley, Alex Davis, Nathaniel Dennis, Tyler Dever, Kevin DiClemente, Andres Giron, Jonathan Lundstrom and Shane Welch.