US Cyber Games Announces Winners of the 2021 US Cyber Open Competition and Top 50 Leaderboard
Nationwide search for top cybersecurity athletes to represent US in Athens continues
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WASHINGTON, June 23, 2021 /PRNewswire/ The first phase of the inaugural US Cyber Games™ is over. Nearly 700 athletes registered for the US Cyber Open Capture-the-Flag event. The top 3 athletes who competed in the Open were John Johnson, Cameron Whitehead and Sears Schulz. And the leaderboard of top 50 finishers is now available on the
July 7, 2021 (virtual event), where the Coaching Team will be introduced and 60 Combine athletes announced.
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/PRNewswire/ The inaugural US Cyber Games™ Kick-Off marks a historic launch of a program collaboratively designed by government and industry to harness the.
Today marks the kick off of the inaugural US Cyber Games™ led by Katzcy, in cooperation with the National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE) program at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). The program will run from April to October 2021 and consist of the US Cyber Open, the US Cyber Combine Invitational, and the selection of the first-ever US Cyber Team™ to represent the United States at the 2021 International Cyber Security Challenge (ICSC) held in Athens, Greece in December.
The need for cybersecurity professionals has never been greater and continues to grow. Partnering to launch the US Cyber Games is just one of NICE’s initiatives funded to support strategic goals, including to promote cybersecurity careers and transform learning to build a diverse and skilled cybersecurity workforce. The games will utilize the Workforce Framework for Cybersecurity (NICE Framework) and help drive research on effective practices for cybersecurity workforce d
US Cyber Games Launches Cyber Open and Combine
The National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE) program at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has teamed up with marketing and cybersecurity games company Katzcy to launch the first US Cyber Games.
Consisting of the US Cyber Open and the US Cyber Combine Invitational, the program will run until October 2021. Included in the program is the selection of the first-ever US Cyber Team to represent the United States at the International Cyber Security Challenge (ICSC).
This year s ICSC is scheduled to take place in Athens, Greece, in December, so those competing for a place on the team must have an active passport by September 2021 and be able to travel abroad (complying with any travel restrictions).