It has all the makings of a B-movie plot: A corporate network targeted by hackers and a half dozen high-school students as the company's only defense. Click here for Core!! Yet, teams of students from ten different Iowa high schools faced exactly that scenario during a single night in late May in the High School Cyber Defense Competition. The contest tasked the teenagers with building a network in the three weeks leading up to the competition with only their teachers, and mentoring volunteers from local technology firms, as their guides. . On Friday night, May 19, and into Saturday morning, the students defended the network against a team of Iowa State University students acting as the attackers. "As the hackers came in, you could see (the students') reactions: They were frustrated when they saw the attackers breach their systems and excited when they stopped the attack," said John Carr, a mentor for the team fielded by Valley High School of West Des Moines and senior solutions consultant with Iowa-based technology consulting firm QCI. The link for this article located at is no longer available. . Participants safeguarded their systems from intruders, demonstrating proficiency and collaboration during an international cyber defense competition.. High School Cybersecurity, Cyber Defense Teams, Student Network Defense. . Brittany Day
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