University of Central Florida wins 2022 National Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition

2022 NCCDC Championship Team

SAN ANTONIO (April 25, 2022) – The University of Central Florida competed against nine other student-led teams to become champion of the 2022 National Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition (NCCDC), presented by the CIAS in partnership with the competition’s presenting sponsor Raytheon Intelligence & Space, a Raytheon Technologies business. This year, more than 1,500 competitors from 171 schools across the country participated in the 17th annual NCCDC, held in San Antonio from April 21-23.

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 […]

Cyber Talk Radio: Cyber Competitions at UTSA

(December 3, 2019) — Bret Piatt, CTR host, and Dwayne Williams, associate director of technology and research at UTSA’s Center for Infrastructure Assurance and Security (CIAS) discuss creating nationwide programs such as CyberPatriot and the National Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition. – Episode 166 of Cyber Talk Radio.