NACRA CyberQuest 2020 winners announced
14 virtual events on six different ranges, offering 372 hands-on experiences supporting 222 individual participants
During October 2020, the North American Cyber Range Alliance (NACRA) invited students, cybersecurity/cyber professionals and the public to participate in one or more inaugural NACRA Cyber Quest 2020 events at no cost to the participants. This community outreach initiative was undertaken to provide a hands-on experience to support the development of qualified personnel to proactively address over 7,000 open cybersecurity positions in the state. This live virtual range experience in workshops, capture the flag competitions and intermediate to advanced challenges was made possible through ‘Participating NACRA Organizations and NACRA’s Preferred Range Partners.
NACRA Cyber Quest 2020 Challenge Participants on the Winning Teams
- Cyberbit Govt/Enterprise Advanced Competition
- Troy Adams
- Ron Brown
- Anthony Dezilva
- Jeremi Albrizio
Cyberbit Student Advanced Competition
- Dan Ward
- Esther Saavedra
- William Butler
- William Unger
Cyberbit Student/Enterprise Intermediate Competition
- Gregorio Arzola
- Michael Engel
- David Gosinski
- Christina Ziemba
- Jose Ortega
State of Michigan Range (operated by Merit) Capture the Flag
- Korey McKinley – 1,943 Points/141 Flags
- Brian Cross – 1,573 Points/146 Flags
- Earl Moore – 764 Points/107 Flags
- Alexandru Lozovanu – 338 Points/93 Flags
- LaWanda Hill – 285 Points/44 Flags
- Tokunbo VandenBurg – 255 Points/34 Flags
- Stephanie Peak – 212 Points/198 Flags
- Salvador Franco-Carbajal – 147 Points/19 Flags
For more information on the this year’s virtual events visit NACRA Cyber Quest 2020 and visit us again in Q3 2021 for information on NACRA Cyber Quest 2021 if you’d like to participate!