University of West Florida Newsroom
Mar. 15, 2021
A University of West Florida student team ranked among the best in the world in the annual Global Collegiate Penetration Testing Competition, hosted virtually for the first time by Rochester Institute of Technology.
UWF placed among the top 15 teams in the CPTC, advancing to the finals as a wild card entrant from the Southeast Region. About 150 teams spanning eight regions participated in the competition. The finalists included student teams from Stanford University, Penn State University, Carnegie Mellon University, Rochester Institute of Technology – Dubai and University of Ottawa.
UWF Cyber Club President Benjamin Hendrix captained the team, which included fellow cybersecurity majors John Chamblee, Gabriel Clark, Jesstina Farrell, Mark Gaddy and Branden Mazour. Anthony Pinto, lecturer in the Department of Computer Science and UWF Center for Cybersecurity faculty fellow, served as team advisor. CPTC only announced the teams th