CTF volunteers for UNH's CyberAgent Academy

[Alvin Fong]

Hi CT OWASP -

We're looking for some volunteers that might have some cycles over the next couple months to help build out the CTF for UNH's CyberAgent Academy coming up on July 22 - July 27.

We plan on building/using an existing opensource CTF platform and customizing it for this 9th-12th grade audience. We may also need some final play-testers too if you want to volunteer your own 9th-12th grader :).

Please reach out to Joe Ricci (cc'd) of Lodestone Security if you'd be interested in helping to build, operate, or test some CTF platforms. We'll be setting up a committee in the next 2 weeks for this OWASP Academic initiative.

Cheers,

Alvin Fong

CT OWASP

About:

The high school GenCyber Agent Academy (incoming 9th-12th grade) at the University of New Haven, hosted by the Tagliatela College of Engineering, is a unique, rigorous, student-centric summer camp with an enriching hands-on experiential learning environment. It is the first GenCyber camp in Connecticut and is open to 20 male and 20 female applicants. Cyber Agents accepted to this academy will enjoy a Cyber Career Catapult session where they will learn about educational and career opportunities in cybersecurity.

The camp offers the following courses (a) Python (b) Cyber Forensics (c) Hacking Concepts (d) IoT & Mobile and (e) Network Defense. Cyber Agents will also have unique experiences where they would tour the UNH Information Technology (IT) offices and server rooms, participate in a cyber Scavenger Hunt and compete in teams in a Cyber Challenge. The camp is a comprehensive one week, learner-centered, hands-on, intensive program designed not only to teach students about cybersecurity, but to also have a long term effect on their career goals and aspirations.