University of California, Irvine wins Alamo Cup at 20th National Collegiate Cyber Defense Championship
University of California, Irvine triumphed at the 2025 National Collegiate Cyber Defense Championship (NCCDC), prevailing over nine other finalist teams to earn the coveted Alamo Cup. In this national championship, teams protected a fictional firm’s network against an onslaught of persistent cyberattacks mounted by top security experts playing the part of hackers attempting to access […]
University of Central Florida wins 2024 National Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition for Sixth Time
19th annual competition trains the next generation of cybersecurity professionals amid current skills shortage SAN ANTONIO (April 27, 2024) – University of Central Florida competed against nine other student-led teams to become National Champions in the 2024 National Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition (NCCDC), presented by the Center for Infrastructure Assurance and Security at The University […]
Stanford University wins 2023 National Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition
18th annual competition trains next generation of cybersecurity professionals DALLAS (May 1, 2023) – Stanford University competed against nine other student-led teams to become champion of the 2023 National Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition, sponsored by Raytheon Technologies. Held at the Dallas-Addison Marriott from April 28-30, the competition saw more than 1,500 competitors from 178 collegiate […]
Field Set for 2023 National Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition Championship
Top 10 teams in the nation will meet in Dallas to compete April 28-30 DALLAS, TEXAS—The Center for Infrastructure Assurance and Security (CIAS) at The University of Texas at San Antonio today announced the 10 finalists for the 18th Annual National Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition (NCCDC) Championship. The NCCDC, hosted by the CIAS with presenting […]
Competition: Hivestorm
COLLEGIATE CYBERSECURITY COMPETITION Congratulations to our 2024 Hivestorm winners! 1st place University of Central Florida 2nd place Stanford University 3rd place Rochester Institute of Technology A virtual event, Hivestorm is a collegiate-focused cyber defense competition that allows teams to compete together or separately from any location around the world. Using the CIAS Cyber Competition System, […]
Competition: Panoply
https://cias.utsa.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/free-video-cyber-security-background-Gr0GgcO4kMk.webm NETWORK SECURITY COMPETITION CyberPanoply.com Shape Panoply is a network assessment and network defense competition combined into a single event. Panoply events may be played as individual or team competitions. During Panoply, competitors vie for control of common resources and the critical services on those resources. Once a competitor takes possession of a resource, they […]
Competition: CyberPatriot
The CIAS co-founded CyberPatriot, the world’s largest cyber defense competition. The competition’s purpose and design are to inspire students toward careers in cybersecurity or STEM disciplines critical to our nation’s future.
Competition: NCCDC
Shape It’s the “Super Bowl” of Collegiate Cyber Sports. Tom Nedorost, UCF CoachNCCDC 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 The best preparation our students get in college for a career in cyber security. The realism, scope, and intensity of CCDC, in particular, simply cannot be reproduced in a classroom environment. Sal AurigemmaPhD Coach […]
Competitions Overview
The CIAS is a pioneer and global leader in Cybersecurity Competitions that Train, Prepare, and Educate since 2005. Recognized by Congress. Recognized in the Presidential Cyberspace Policy Review. Awarded the inaugural “Leadership in Security” award.
