Mountain West Cyber Challenge 2023 - SIGN UP TODAY

Mountain West Cyber Challenge 2023 all levels welcome; no limit on number of teams (first come first serve!)

Nathan S. Evans
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Overview

Date - December 2, 2023

Time - 8:00 am - 4:30 pm MDT

One day event - minimal time commitment

Event Location - ONLINE, no travel required!

Can YOU hack it?

*** Join the 4th Annual Mountain West Cyber Challenge (MWCC), hosted by UCCS, Deloitte and AFCEA!***

Teams will compete in a one day round of Cybersecurity Capture the Flag (CTF) to take home the title and great prizes!

Teams can be geographically co-located but the challenge event will be online.

Space is limited and will be on a first-come, first-served basis. No cost to compete!

This event will be hosted on Deloitte’s Cyber CTF platform.

AFCEA will be offering generous prizes for the top three teams!

Go here to register for the event

MWCC Event Site

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Nathan S. Evans
Nathan S. Evans
Teaching Associate Professor, Academic Director for Cyber Security, University of Denver

Research includes networking, network security, software security and systems.

Interested in a formal cybersecurity or computer science degree?

The University of Denver is proud to offer multiple programs in cybersecurity, whether you want to be a manager or a frontline cyber warrior! Check out our program offerings at the DU Cybersecurity Page. We also have a cybersecurity concentration you can get on your way to a Computer Science degree! You can also email us if you want to learn more!

The programs in the Ritchie School of Engineering and Computer Science are strongly technically grounded, and provide a CS/Cyber education for the future of cybersecurity.

Accreditation

The University of Denver is recognized as an NSA (National Security Agency) CAE-CD (Center of Academic Excellence – Cyber Defense). The NSA evaluates and accredits institutions providing cybersecurity degrees and curricula — a rigorous and prestigious validation performed by security experts and members of other educational institutions. It means the coursework of the Cybersecurity MS program at DU aligns with criteria mapped to the US government's NICE framework knowledge units.

More information can be found at the official NSA academic site here.