Cyber Foundations National Competition

The U.S. Cyber Challenge is pleased to announce the Fall 2011 Cyber Foundations final results. We applaud ALL of the students who took the challenge this Fall, and express a special congratualtions to our winners in each school, state and in the Nation! Students who completed at least two of the three quizzes were eligible for awards and scholarships. Please read more in our press release here. We are also very excited to give recognition to ISC2 for sponsoring the scholarships for our top five national winners.

Top scoring student in each school: The top-scoring student in each high school will receive an engraved award.

Top three scoring students in each state: The top three scoring students in each state will receive engraved trophies and the top winner will receive a $250 gift card.

National rankings: The top five scoring students in the nation will receive a scholarship in the amount of $2,500, $1,500, $1,000, $750 and $500 for first through fifth places respectively from our sponsor ISC2.

Please note: Results were last updated on December 13, 2011.

Registration is now closed

 

 

Fee Waiver Program

USCC is pleased to announce a new program to sponsor high schools to participate in Cyber Foundations! To be eligible for this program, the high school must provide verification that 50% or more of its enrolled students are eligible for free or reduced price meals as part of the National School Lunch Program and/or the School Breakfast Program, through the Child Nutrition Program funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. These school-level counts exclude those enrolled high school students over the age of seventeen. USCC will sponsor the registration for eligible high schools under this program. If you believe your high school meets these requirements, please contact Renee N. McLaughlin at renee.mclaughlin@cisecurity.org or 518-526-3947.

List of Schools

The Cyber Foundations Competition is the entry-level competition in a series of increasingly challenging contests sponsored by the U.S. Cyber Challenge (USCC). Cyber Foundations conducts nation-wide competitions to enable students to demonstrate mastery, win prizes, and gain recognition individually and for the schools they represent, for their cities, and their states. Mayors, governors and members of Congress have played an important role in creating the program and in recognizing the talented young people, giving them an edge in college admissions and scholarship opportunities.

Cyber Foundations has two parts: (1) on-line tutorial and video education materials that allow students to expand their knowledge, and (2) quizzes that allow students to demonstrate mastery. Three topics are presented and tested: networking, operating systems, and system administration. Each topic has a separate set of educational materials and a separate test.

Important Dates
Dates Description
September 30 Registration deadline
October 3 to October 21 Online tutorial for Module 1 (Networking) open.
October 21 Competition for Module 1
October 24 to November 4 Online tutorial for Module 2 (Operating systems) open
November 4 Competition for Module 2
November 7 - November 18 Online tutorial for Module 3 (System Administration) open
November 18 Competition for Module 3

Registration for Schools

High school coordinators or group leaders (e.g. after school programs or other organized groups), please visit our school registration page.

Registration for Students and Mentors of Registered Schools

High school students and mentors of a registered school or group, please visit our student and mentor registration page. Don't know if your school is registered? Find out here. Mentors, please use your mentor code to register here and gain access to the tutorial materials with your students.

Registration for Individual or Home-Schooled Students

Individual students of non-registered schools or home-schooled students, please visit our self registration page.

Become A State Coordinator: Make Sure Your State Gets in the Game

State Coordinators assist in helping us reach out to their state's various educational and related industry networks to encourage participation and identify School Coordinators who will serve as primary points of contact with the Cyber Foundations team. The State Coordinator also assists in arranging award ceremonies with schools, local/state officials, sponsors, students, and media, where applicable.