College of Engineering
Tennessee Tech cybersecurity team to compete in New York
A team of Tennessee Tech cybersecurity students has secured a wildcard slot allowing them to take part in the Global Collegiate Penetration Testing Competition International Finals.
The finals will be held in Rochester, N.Y., from Jan. 6-9, 2022.
This year’s team from Tech consists of team captain Kaitlyn Carroll, Austin Brown, Austin Tice, Jesse Holland, Jacob Sweeten and John Housley. Five members of the six-member team are CyberCorps scholarship for service students, a program funded by the National Science Foundation. A team from Tech has not attended the finals since 2018.
“At its heart, CPTC (Collegiate Penetration Testing Competition) is a bit different from several other collegiate cybersecurity competitions,” according to the competition’s website. “Instead of defending your network, searching for flags, or claiming ownership of systems, CPTC focuses on mimicking the activities performed during a real-world penetration testing engagement conducted by companies, professional services firms and internal security departments around the world.”
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