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The NSF wants to pay tuition, rent and much more for BYU Cybersecurity students

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BYU first place in Rocky Mountain CCDC Regionals

March 11, 2024 02:31 PM
[Provo, UT, 2024-03-11] – Brigham Young University's cybersecurity team emerged victorious on Saturday in the Rocky Mountain Region Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition (RMCCDC)(https://www.regis.edu/academics/colleges-and-schools/anderson/rmccdc), clinching the first-place title after two days of rigorous challenges.
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End-of-Semester CTF Winter 2023

March 27, 2023 05:47 PM
** COMPETE AND REGISTER ONLINE AT cyberjousting.com ** (Registrations open April 3rd, 2023)
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Justin Applegate places 2nd at SAINTCON 2022's Hacker Challenge

November 02, 2022 04:50 PM
Justin Applegate, BYU Cybersecurity student, placed 2nd at the Hacker Challenge, a capture-the-flag event, at SAINTCON 2022.
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BYU student makes it on the US Cyber Games Team

October 17, 2022 04:07 PM
Justin Applegate, a BYU student in Cybersecurity, made it onto the US Cyber Games team. Congratulations!
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BYU NCAE Cyber Games Results

October 03, 2022 03:50 PM
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BYU Cybersecurity Student Association Kickoff 2022

September 07, 2022 08:19 PM
On Friday September 2nd 2022, the BYU Cybersecurity Student Association had a smashing success at their club kickoff event. While 82 students officially signed in, club officials estimate around 100 students attended the event.
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Team from BYU wins AppSec Village's CTF @ DEFCON 2022

August 15, 2022 07:55 PM
Cybersecurity students, Justin Applegate, Tanner Meeves, Andrew Sabolsky, and Justin Mott won a CTF at DEFCON 2022!
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BYU student runs cybersecurity CTF with Utah middle and high schools

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BYU places 23/4034 in NAHAMCon CTF

May 02, 2022 09:01 AM
With 12022 points, BYU students worked on a cybersecurity competition, placing 23rd our of 4034 teams.
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Competition Results 2021-2022 season

April 28, 2022 09:43 AM
Rocky Mountain Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition - 1st place - Kate Boekweg, Melanie Pierce, Kira Gedris, Quincy Taylor, Anna Pratt, Micheal Erickson, Richard Fountain, Jackson Thatcher
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Ten Tips for Success in the BYU Cybersecurity Program

October 29, 2021 11:53 AM
Welcome to BYU’s best major, Cybersecurity. You’ve come to an awesome place at BYU. Cybersecurity is one of the newest majors, and one of the most needed as well! Whether this is your first semester or your last, rest assured, students from all walks of life find themselves at home in our major. So, what is Cybersecurity?
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Enowars Competition Report 2021

October 29, 2021 11:34 AM
On July 10th, members of the BYU Cyberia Capture the Flag team consisting of three BYU Cybersecurity students and one BYU-Idaho Computer Information Technology student competed in the 5th Edition of the ENOWARS Attack/Defense Competition. Led by Senior Micheal Erickson and his experience as a member of the BYU CCDC (Cyber Collegiate Defense Competition) team, the team placed 22nd out of 54 international teams. Rounding out the group were Sophomore Justin Applegate and Juniors Ian Cook and Kayden Payne.
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BYU team wins cash prizes for CTF write ups at UIUCTF 2021

August 23, 2021 08:43 AM
8/23/21 - A BYU team of won $90 for write ups about the CTF they participated in: https://sigpwny.com/uiuctf/! Here is one of the writeups: https://github.com/BYU-CTF-group/writeups-uiuctf/tree/main/OSINT_Charlie#chaplins-pr-nightmare---8-extreme
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BYU CTF team places 30th of 602

A team from BYU participated in the Really Awesome CTF 2021. They placed 30th of 602. See their CTF season progress here: https://ctftime.org/team/155711
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Cybersecurity Teacher Training Finishes with Success

The teacher training week kicked off the first of three summer cybersecurity camps. Educators expanded the tools in their cyber pockets, ready to pass on their new knowledge to their upcoming students for the year.
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The Youth Are the Digital Future

Over the past few decades, interactions increasingly happen on online resources. Social security numbers, passwords, financial information, and more get stored on digital devices. These vulnerabilities need protection, so the youth must be prepared with how to protect: they need to know cybersecurity.
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BYU Announces New BS in Cybersecurity

July 21, 2020 01:59 PM
With one million cybersecurity jobs available in the United States and a 100 percent placement rate post-graduation for alumni of the Ira A. Fulton College of Engineering and Technology, demand for a cybersecurity major is high.
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