Air Force Association’s CyberPatriot
The National High School Cyber Defense Competition
Civil Air Patrol Command Council
March 1, 2013
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Bernie’s Shadow Box
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Bernie’s First Light Aircraft Flight
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CyberPatriot Program Office Mission
Develop, organize, plan, administer, and execute
AFA’s CyberPatriot—The National High School
Cyber Defense Competition
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CAP & CyberPatriot—Wow!
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Requirement: A Cyber Workforce
• National cyber security can’t exist without strong, indigenous cyber workforce
• We aren’t graduating enough STEM scientists, technical grads, engineers, math
majors, cyber experts
• We must motivate high-school youth to pursue STEM paths
When compared to other nations, the math and science achievement of U.S.
pupils and the rate of STEM degree attainment appear inconsistent with a nation
considered the world leader in scientific innovation. In a recent international
assessment of 15-year-old students, the U.S. ranked 28th in math literacy and 24th in
science literacy. Moreover, the U.S. ranks 20th among all nations in the proportion
of 24-year-olds who earn degrees in natural science or engineering.
2008 Congressional Research Study
“Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM)
Education: Background, Federal Policy, and Legislative Action”
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What doesn’t work… What does…
• Academic instruction is important, but students aren’t particularly
inspired by more class time, more lectures
• Multi-media instruction is a good tool, but they see plenty of that
• What excites, motivates: A well-organized, well-structured,
competition
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CyberPatriot Is…
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The national high school cyber defense competition.
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Carefully structured to excite, educate, and motivate participants.
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Designed to instill in all participants the importance to our nation of cyber, cyber
security, and good computer security practices.
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Designed to motivate all participants to consider STEM academic disciplines to
meet our nation’s needs.
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Designed to motivate many participants to become the next generation of cyber
defenders and our nation’s “digital workforce.”
“We will begin a national campaign to promote cyber security awareness and digital literacy from our
boardrooms to our classrooms, and to build a digital workforce for the 21st century.”
President Obama, May 2009
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CyberPatriot Is Not…
1. “Hacker training” We don’t teach “hacking” tools or techniques,
and “hacking” in competition is strictly forbidden.
2. A recruiting tool for the Air Force, the Department of Defense, or
the Federal government This is about building a strong national
foundation for cyber skills throughout our high schools.
3. Boring academic instruction CyberPatriot is designed with
extremely high fun and excitement quotients.
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History
CP-I: Feb 2009
CP-II: Apr 2009 – Feb 2010
Concept Demonstration (Orlando, Florida)
Pilot Deployment
Eight teams (7 AFJROTC/1 CAP), all from Florida
200+ teams (AFJROTC/CAP) – 42 States & Japan
CP-III: Apr 2010 – April 2011
CP-IV: Apr 2011 – April 2012
First National Deployment
All-Service Division: JROTC of all Services, CAP
Open Division: Any high school
Second National Deployment
All-Service Division: JROTC of all Services, CAP
Open Division: Any high school
661 teams, 48 states
1,014 teams, 50 states, Canada
CP-V: Apr 2012 –March 2013
CURRENT COMPETITION
All-Service Division: JROTC of all Services, CAP, U.S. Naval Sea Cadet Corps
Open Division: Any high school
1,225 teams, 50 states, Canada
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Two Competition Divisions
All Service Division
Open Division
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Open to any high school
• Public, private, parochial, magnet, home-school
Highly valued CyberPatriot competition attributes:
• Technical/STEM education
• Career preparation/development
• Teamwork
• Goal-achievement
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Open to any JROTC unit
• Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps Naval Sea
Cadet Corps
Open to Civil Air Patrol cadet squadrons and composite
squadrons
Highly valued CyberPatriot competition attributes:
• Teamwork
• Goal-achievement
• Leadership
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Team Structure
• Coach (Adult Leader): Supervises, chaperones team. A CAP senior
member for CAP units.
• Mentor (Technical Advisor)(Optional): Particularly useful when coach not
cyber-savvy. Helps teach cyber concepts. AFA helps find them.
• Competitors: 2-5 cadets, minimum age 13.
National Finals Competition teams consist of six competitors (five primary
and one alternate), one coach, and one chaperone.
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Skills Participants Learn
• Leadership and teamwork
• Creative and analytical problem solving
• Computing and networking principles
• Operating systems
• Network topologies
• Foundational cyber security principles
• Cyber and system vulnerabilities
• Network topology
• Vulnerability remediation
• Technical threats
• Non-technical cyber principles (e.g.—social engineering,
phishing, vishing, spear-phishing, etc.)
• “Netiquette”
• Cyber safety
• Cyber hygiene
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CP-V Competition Timeline
2 International
Exhibition Teams
Practice Round
Oct 1-12
1,250
Teams
Round 1
Nov 16-17
1,250
Teams
Round 2
Dec 7-8
Semi-Finals
36 Teams
Round 3
Jan 11-12
12 Finalist
Teams
Open Division (Any High School)
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Mar
National Finals
Competition
March 14-15, 2013
Washington, DC
On-Line
Consolation Round
Feb 1-2
Recruiting/Registration April 1 – September 30
Apr
Feb
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
All Service Division (JROTC/CAP/Sea Cadets)
Mar
14 Finalist
Teams
Practice Round
Oct 1-12
1,250
Teams
Round 1
Nov 2-3
1,250
Teams
Round 2
Nov 30Dec 1
42 Teams
Round 3
Jan 11-12
Semi-Finals
2 x Army JROTC
2 x Navy JROTC
2 x Marine Corps JROTC
2 x Air Force JROTC
2 x Civil Air Patrol
2 x US Naval Sea Cadet Corps
2 x “Wild Card”
CP-VI Recruiting Pre-Registration Jan 1 – Apr 1
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What Participants See
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What Participants See
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What Participants See
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CP-III/-IV/-V Registrations
Team Registrations
1400
1226
1200
1093
1014
Total Number of Teams
1000
852
800
782
746
419
400
200
0
661
632
600
458
480
500
243
171
259
205
528
151
75
0
108
63
194
159
545
439
362
172
121
550
287
224
323
478
CP III
CP IV
CP-V
325
230
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CAP Registrations by Season
1400
1200
1000
800
600
1226
1014
662
400
188
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200
1
56
0
150
CPI
218
CPII
262
CPIII
CPIV
CPV
CAP
All Service
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Where Open Division Teams Come From
Other/Home, 7
Charter/Magnet, 14
Private/Parochial, 22
Public, 257
CP-V Open Division Registrations
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Where All Service Division Teams Come From
Sea Cadets, 26
Navy, 87
Air Force, 162
Marine Corps , 37
Army , 72
CAP, 208
CP-V All Service Division Registrations
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CAP CP-V National Finalist Teams
Big Sioux Composite Squadron
Brookings, SD
Youngstown Air Reserve Station
Composite Squadron
Vienna, OH
Colorado Springs Cadet Squadron
Colorado Springs, CO
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• Surge in registrations:
• All Service Division: +26%
• Open Division: +113%
• Strong growth in female and underrepresented populations
• Canadian presence at National Finals Competition
• Cyber forensics event added to National Finals Competition
• CyberPatriot Centers of Excellence established
• Enhanced focus, training, support
• #001: Los Angeles Unified School District
• #002: City of San Antonio, Texas
• #003: Spokane Public Schools
• #004: Rose State College, Oklahoma City
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• NASSP listing renewed for 2012-2013
• “Good Housekeeping” seal of approval
• Doubled registrations in CRM system
• Enables contact with and education/career tracking
CyberPatriot alumni
• Internship/employment opportunities
• Tracking mechanism to measure our real
effectiveness in drawing students to STEM training,
education, jobs, and careers
NASSP: National Association of Secondary School Principals, the accreditation body for high school contests and activities
CRM: CyberPatriot’s Competitor Relationship Management system, a database of all present and past competitors
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CyberPatriot Publication: CyberSentinel
• Began publication January 2012
• Pushed monthly to 15,000+ readers
• Coaches, mentors,
participants, public
• 4-8 pages
• CyberPatriot news items
• Competitor achievements
• Cyber education
• Cyber career news
• Sign up for a free email
subscription by sending a request
to info@uscyberpatriot.org
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Outstanding National Finals Competition
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National Finals Awards Ceremony
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Initiatives for 2012-2013
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More domestic teams, especially in Open Division
More presence in Canada
Likely expansion into UK
Regionalization of on-line rounds
Improved competition engine
• Improved scalability
• Improved flexibility
• Better mapping to curriculum
• Added feature at National Finals Competition
• Cisco hardware event
• Digital forensics event
• More CyberPatriot Centers of Excellence
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Frequent the CyberPatriot Website
www.uscyberpatriot.org
Team Registrations
www.uscyberpatriot.org
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CAP CP-VI Team Pre-Registrations
73 CAP teams (in 30 Wings) already pre-registered for CP-VI
Wings we are
eager to see!
Wings with CAP teams pre-registered for CP-VI
www.uscyberpatriot.org
AK
AL
CO
DC
DE
GA
HI
IA
KS
MA
MD
MS
MT
ND
NE
NH
PR
RI
UT
VT
WV
WY
GCCS TimelineFacts
• CyberPatriot is contributing to reversing the STEM shortfall
– ~15,000 direct participants in 3 years
– ~150,000 broad contacts in 3 years
• CyberPatriot is placing young people on a path to educational,
vocational, and professional success in an area of vital importance
to our nation
• CyberPatriot is reaching underrepresented populations and giving
them opportunities they likely would never have had
• Ours is a “target rich” environment
– 40,000 high schools in America
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CyberPatriot Facts
GCCS CAP
Timeline
• CyberPatriot is a winning proposition for CAP
• CAP squadrons compete AT NO COST TO UNIT OR WING
• NO LIMIT on number of CAP teams
• Cadets have a cool cyber experience
• Cadets are drawn to STEM
• CyberPatriot is enormously supportive of CAP’s aerospace education
mission area
• CAP cadets benefit greatly from participation
WE WANT YOU!
www.uscyberpatriot.org
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This isn’t about AFA
This isn’t about the military
This isn’t about national defense
This is about a way of life
Thank you, CAP!
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