Cyber Defense

The complex nature of corporate relationships provides an opportunity for criminals, adversaries, and others to hide illegal activities in plain sight.

Congratulations to Hack@UCF club members Cameron Whitehead and Caitlin Whitehead for ranking among the Top 5 in the US Cyber Open.

A new master’s degree in cyber-security and privacy will be offered beginning this fall at UCF, designed to train professionals who can protect and defend computer systems, networks and organizations from costly cyber attacks.

UCF C3 Team wins CCDC National Championship! April 30, 2021 Congratulations to the UCF Collegiate Cybersecurity Competition Team and their coach, Dr. Tom Nedorost, for winning the 2021 Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition National Championship.  This is the 4th time UCF has claimed the National Championship in this annual competition.  More details about UCF’s team and…

Congratulations to the UCF Collegiate Cybersecurity Competition Team and coach Tom Nedorost for winning the 8th Annual NIATEC Invitational Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition on Saturday, April 17th.

UCF’s Collegiate Cybersecurity Competition (C3) Team won the 2021 At Large Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition held virtually on March 27th & 28th. This is the 8th time UCF has won their regional event in the 9 years UCF has competed.

UCF’s KNIGHTSEC team won a $2,000 cash prize and placed 3rd overall in the 2021 CyberSEED CTF Competition on Saturday, March 27th.

UCF placed 2nd in the Maryland Cyber Challenge on March 24, 2021. The competition tested cyber skills in 10 categories: Encoding/Encryption, File Analysis, Forensics/Hard Disks, Log Analysis, Malware Analysis/Reverse Engineering, Network Captures/Wireless, Open Source Intelligence, Passwords/Hashing, Scanning/Exploitation, Virtual Machines.

The UCF Collegiate Cybersecurity Competition Team placed 3rd in the 2021 Information Security Talent Search Competition hosted by Rochester Institute of Technology on March 5th and 6th.

The award comes at a time when cyber threats are becoming more prevalent, from stolen customer information to the hacking of government data and more recently, breaching the security of a Florida water plant.