Arkansas Civil Air Patrol issued the following announcement on Mar. 21.
The Colorado Wing’s Air Academy Cadet Squadron team placed third nationally March 20 in the Air Force Association’s National Youth Cyber Defense Competition CyberPatriot XIV finals, giving Civil Air Patrol teams 11 top-three finishes in 14 years, including three overall titles.
The Air Academy squadron also finished third in the Cisco NetAcad Challenge this year.
The team consisted of:
Cadet Lt. Col. Jenna Jones, team captain.
Cadet 1st Lt. Rachael Johnson.
Cadet Chief Master Sgts. Brylon Broughton and Isabella Olivarez.
Cadet Airman Natalie Feng.
Capt. Donna Fay coached the team.
The Air Academy team and entries from the California Wing’s Fullerton Composite Squadron 56 and North Carolina Wing’s Union County Composite Squadron were all making encore appearances in the national finals in Rockville, Maryland. The title round was held in person for the first time since 2019 after online championship finals in 2020 and 2021 because of coronavirus-related restrictions.
The 13 national finalists – from not only CAP but also Air Force, Army, Marine Corps, and Navy Junior ROTC and the Navy Sea Cadet Corps – competed in securing seven computers running 10 critical networked services. A professional red team attacked each system to disable services and disrupt operations while also distracting the teams.
For the Cisco challenge, teams had to answer questions on a quiz and also secure a large company network that included access control lists, VPNs, virtual networks, and other advanced networking concepts.
Original source can be found here.
Source: Arkansas Civil Air Patrol
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