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Maryland Cyber Challenge and Conference, Oct. 21 & 22
CWIT Affiliates
October 24, 2011 at 12:34 PM
Thanks
to everyone who volunteered at MDC3 last Friday and/or Saturday! The
UMBC Cyber Defense Team was in the finals, and from what I heard did a
great job! Unfortunately, Towson and UMCP pulled ahead and got first
& second place. Each member of the first place team received $5000
scholarships from the NSA, and each member of the second place team
received $2000 scholarships from NSA. Woah!
Out of all the
teams in the college and high school championships (I am estimating about 15
6-person teams), I only saw two women. That is only 2 out of about 90
students! I know there was some interest within CWIT in forming a team for
this year's competition, but the teams were never fully formed. Lets
start planning ahead to get some talented women some teams for next
year! Joining the UMBC Cyber Defense Team (http://umbccd.umbc.edu/) would be a great start!