Cyber Defense

UCF’s Knightsec team finished in 2^nd Place in the JerseyCTF II competition. Over 1200 teams registered to compete yet only 502 teams managed to score points during the 24-hour long competition.

UCF captured 3^rd Place in the 2022 NCAE Cyber Games National Championship on April 9th after previously winning the NCAE Cyber Games Southeastern Regional on February 26th.

TROSK, a start-up company created by Daniel Trimble and Ryan Carnovsky along with Michael Troisi (’21), won $7,500 in UCF’s JOUST New Venture Competition.

UCF’s C3 team keep up it’s winning tradition by placing 1st and winning a $3,000 cash prize in the 2022 CyberSEED CTF sponsored by the University of Connecticut.

Congratulations to the C3 team and coach Dr. Tom Nedorost for winning the 2022 Southeast Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition Regional at Kennesaw State University on March 10th.

Congratulations to the C3 team and coach Dr. Tom Nedorost for placing 3rd in the 2022 Information Security Talent Search at Rochester Institute of Technology on March 6th.

Congratulations to the UCF Collegiate Cybersecurity Competition Team (C3) Team and coach, Dr. Tom Nedorost, for winning the 2021 Department of Energy CyberForce Competition. UCF’s team finished 1st out of 120 teams.

Congratulations to Hack@UCF’s Knightsec team and coach Dr. Tom Nedorost for capturing 2nd Place in the Fall 2021 National Cyber League competition.

Congratulations to UCF C3 Team members Cameron Whitehead (MS-DF), Caitlin Whitehead (MS-DF), Jeffrey DiVincent (JR-CS), and Matthew McKeever (SO-CS) and their coach, Dr. Tom Nedorost, for winning the 2021 Raymond James Invitational CTF on Saturday, October 2nd.

Two UCF student teams finished 1st and 4th place in the 2021 Aviation ISAC Collegiate CTF Competition on Monday, September 27th. The students are all members of the UCF Collegiate Cybersecurity Competition (C3) Team and members of Hack@UCF.