Idaho high school students named national cyber scholars, awarded scholarships Published
Idaho high school students named national cyber scholars, awarded scholarships
IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (KIFI) - After participating in a rigorous 48-hour cybersecurity competition, the National Cyber Scholarship Foundation has named 10 Idaho high school students as national cyber scholars.
The students, along with several finalists, were awarded more than $67,000 in combined college scholarships and professional training opportunities.
National cyber scholars
Karina Hansen – Compass Academy, Idaho Falls, Idaho
Kaleb Jennings – Compass Academy, Idaho Falls, Idaho
Zoe Johnson – Compass Academy, Idaho Falls, Idaho
Raymond Kalwarf – Compass Academy, Idaho Falls, Idaho
Collin Morgan – Compass Academy, Idaho Falls, Idaho
Two Mississippi high school students — including one from Gautier — have earned the coveted title of “National Cyber Scholar” after winning a rigorous 48-hour competition designed to evaluate aptitude in combating cyber threats. The winning students are Bridget Foster from Gautier High School in the Pascagoula-Gautier School District and Zachary Chapman, who is homeschooled. […]
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Registration open until Feb. 28 for free online program
Jan 13, 2021
The office of Gov. Doug Burgum announced that North Dakota received an “A+” grade in the first two months of CyberStart America, an innovative, online cybersecurity competition sponsored by the National Cyber Scholarship Foundation and SANS Institute.
The competition encourages high school students to explore their aptitude for cybersecurity and computer science with a chance to win prizes and scholarships. The “A+” grade is based on current participation of 26 students from 12 schools. Participants vie to win one of 800 $2,500 college scholarships and about 3,000 U.S. Cyber Challenge summer camp scholarships.
“Recent headlines about global cyberattacks have underscored the need and exponentially growing demand for cybersecurity skills,” said Burgum in the press release. “Leveraging these free resources is a valuable way to give students access to tools and knowledge that will benefit them regardle
Registration now open for national cyber games
By Staff | Dec 31, 2020
HONOLULU Gov. David Ige announced the state’s participation in the 2020 CyberStart-America Program, an innovative, online cybersecurity competition for high school students. “These competitions offer fun activities for young women and men to explore and learn about the high-tech, high-impact field of cybersecurity,” Ige said. “This exciting program builds on our statewide efforts to provide students innovative learning opportunities and technology skills that will be relevant to them in any career path.” High school students may register now and may begin playing all the way through February. Students will be informed that they qualify for the CyberStart National Scholarship Challenge Round (the “Nationals”) as soon as they have achieved sufficient progress, but they are allowed to continue playing and learning in order to build more skills useful in the Nationals.