
COLLEGIATE CYBERSECURITY COMPETITION
Congratulations to our 2022 Hivestorm winners!
1st place
Team270 California Polytechnic State University, Pomona
2nd place
Team042 University of California, San Diego
3rd place
Team290 Tennessee Technological University
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, Hivestorm provides immediate feedback to competitors when team actions gain or lose points and a central scoreboard allows teams to monitor their performance relative to their peers.
Hivestorm provides an excellent opportunity for teams to practice security, forensic, configuration and system administration tasks. The defensive and administrative skills developed and exercised help prepare students for other events, such as the Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition or Panoply.
To help develop these skills, Hivestorm teams compete by securing provided Windows and Linux based virtual machines – removing malware and other infections, correcting misconfigurations, mitigating vulnerabilities, disabling vulnerable services, and more. Teams accumulate points for addressing each scored issue and must race against the clock to accumulate as many points as they can before time expires.
For more information, visit Hivestorm.org.
Launched in 2019 as the CIAS’ newest competition program, Hivestorm has quickly grown year-over-year. In just its second year (2020) it grew 20 percent! In 2021, it grew to 249 teams – a 37.6 percent increase over 2020!
Team Composition
Hivestorm teams consist of 2 to 4 players. Players must be registered students of the institution they are representing. Colleges and universities may enter multiple teams, but students may only participate on a single team during each Hivestorm event.
Sponsorship opportunities are available!
Visit Hivestorm.org or contact Brande.Mora@utsa.edu to learn more.