US Cyber Challenge Contest: Cyber Quests (registration ends 9/14)

[Valerie Vogel <vvogel () EDUCAUSE EDU>]

The Center for Internet Security is coordinating an online competition through the US Cyber Challenge. The contest - 
known as Cyber Quests - is geared toward college age students, although anyone over 18 is able to participate. Please 
feel free to share the information below with the appropriate people on your campus. Note: Registration ends September 
14. 

Thank you,
Valerie


ENTER CYBER QUESTS NOW! 
Cyber Quests is a national online competitions allowing participants to demonstrate their knowledge in a variety of 
information security disciplines.  This Quest allows participants the chance to compete for a trip to the NetWars 
competition hosted by the SANS Institute.  Other opportunities for Cyber Quest players include awards and scholarships. 
 Eligible students from North Carolina can compete via their Cyber Quest scores for an invitation to the USCC Fall 
Cyber Camp in North Carolina.  
 
Registration for Cyber Quests is available through September 14, 2011 at 9:00 pm Eastern. The competition is open to 
all U.S. residents, however, awards, scholarships and invitations to NetWars and the Fall Cyber Camp are available to 
U.S. citizens only at this time.  REGISTER AT: http://uscc.cyberquests.org/  
 
The Cyber Quest features an online quiz based upon a network packet capture file that participants must analyze to 
identify and interpret various types of network and web application attacks.  The file will be released on August 29 
and will remain open for analysis by registered participants until September 15.  As part of the quiz, participants 
will have to answer questions about the network itself, as well as the activities of the users on the network.  Each 
participant will have three attempts to take the quiz and must complete each attempt within 24 hours from the time an 
attempt began.   The quiz is designed for an intermediate skill level, and all questions can be answered using the 
Wireshark packet analysis tool. While players are given a full day for the quiz, the quests are designed to be 
completed in approximately one hour.  

http://www.uscyberchallenge.org/competitions-camps/cyber-quests/

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Valerie M. Vogel
Program Manager, EDUCAUSE
office: (202) 331-5374
mobile: (310) 849-0919
e-mail: vvogel () educause edu