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Sport | Cybersecurity (system hardening) |
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Founded | 2014 |
First Season | CyberCenturion I (2014-15) |
Run by | Code Club IOM |
Sponsor | Northrop Grumman |
Divisions | Junior, Senior |
Countries | United Kingdom and her external territories |
Related Competitions | CyberPatriot (United States), CyberSakura (Japan), CyberTitan (Canada), and others |
Tournament format | Two online (offsite) qualifying rounds, one National Final |
Official website | https://www.stem.org.uk/secondary/enrichment/competitions/cyber-centurion |
CyberCenturion is a cyber security competition for secondary school children, [1] run in the United Kingdom by STEM Learning. [2] It mirrors CyberPatriot, the US version run by the Air Force Association. [3] CyberCenturion is sponsored by Northrop Grumman [4] [5] in an initiative to try to build awareness for cyber security among school children. [6] [7]
CyberCenturion was set up in 2014 after the success of its US counterpart CyberPatriot and its first final took place at The National Museum of Computing on 17 April 2015. [4] The main aim of CyberCenturion is the same as its US counterpart; to excite, educate and motivate children towards careers in STEM subjects, with an emphasis on cyber security. [8] It is also due to the large deficit in cyber security professionals. Northrop Grumman, the sponsors of both CyberPatriot and CyberCenturion hope that it will inspire youths towards choosing cyber security as a career. [9] Until CyberCenturion VI, CyberCenturion was run by Cyber Security Challenge UK. [10]
CyberCenturion is split into two age categories, each with four 'tracks'. [2] This is done to encourage more diversity in the competition. [11] The younger age category is for students in English year groups 7 to 9 (or equivalent) and the older category is for students in English year groups 10 to 13 (or equivalent). [2]
Within the age categories, the tracks split teams into four more groups, with a boys-only track, a girls-only track, a mixed team track and a cadet track. [2]
Places for the final are awarded in the following number of ways:
Additionally, a limit of one Junior and one Senior team from any one organisation is placed on finalists.
There are three main rounds [12] with Rounds 1 and 2 being online qualifying rounds where "teams will be provided with a array of Linux virtual machines with the aim to find and fix the vulnerabilities along with answering forensics questions". [13]
Round 3 is the National Finals round, where qualifying teams compete face to face to win the top prize. [12]
Prior to the three main rounds, there are two other 'introductory' rounds where teams play but do not score any points. [13] These are as follows: [13]
"The competition is played by teams of between two and four competitors, with up to one reserve who is used in the case of illness, and a responsible adult acting as the liaison between the organisers and the participants, and every team participant must be in English year groups Year 7 - Year 13 (Or equivalent). The competition is open to anyone in Europe that meets the age requirements and has the correct team format (including leader). Each team must play a series of online qualifying rounds, which will challenge them to learn about networking, coding and cyber security. If the team scores higher than most of the other players and makes it to the leaderboard, then they will be invited to play in the National Final, a face-to-face competition which finds the ultimate champion for the year." [2]
In CyberCenturion I, the finals were held in Block H, the original home of Colossus, of The National Museum of Computing in April 2015, [4] with KEGS Young Engineering Club at King Edward VI Grammar School in Chelmsford becoming the first CyberCenturion winners and The Chase School, Malvern being the runners up. [14] [15]
In CyberCenturion II, the finals were held at The National Museum of Computing in April 2016, [16] with "G-Sec" from Bayside Comprehensive School, Gibraltar being first-place winners. [16] The top prize was technology equipment to promote help promote STEM in their school. [17]
In CyberCenturion III, the finals were held at the Institution of Engineering and & Technology in the Maxwell Library in April 2017. [18]
In CyberCenturion IV, the finals were held at the Institution of Engineering & Technology in March 2018. [2]
CyberCenturion V finals took place in the Plexal Technology Park, London on the 7th March 2019
The CyberCenturion VII finals took place virtually in 2021, due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.
2022 saw CyberCenturion VIII go ahead, wherein the finals took place in the Hendon Royal Air Force Museum. [28] [29]
In 2023, the CyberCenturion IX finals went ahead at the National STEM Learning Centre in the University of York. [31]
In 2024, CyberCenturion X went ahead in HOST, MediaCityUK in Salford. [32]
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This article may rely excessively on sources
too closely associated with the subject, potentially preventing the article from being
verifiable and
neutral. (September 2018) |
Sport | Cybersecurity (system hardening) |
---|---|
Founded | 2014 |
First Season | CyberCenturion I (2014-15) |
Run by | Code Club IOM |
Sponsor | Northrop Grumman |
Divisions | Junior, Senior |
Countries | United Kingdom and her external territories |
Related Competitions | CyberPatriot (United States), CyberSakura (Japan), CyberTitan (Canada), and others |
Tournament format | Two online (offsite) qualifying rounds, one National Final |
Official website | https://www.stem.org.uk/secondary/enrichment/competitions/cyber-centurion |
CyberCenturion is a cyber security competition for secondary school children, [1] run in the United Kingdom by STEM Learning. [2] It mirrors CyberPatriot, the US version run by the Air Force Association. [3] CyberCenturion is sponsored by Northrop Grumman [4] [5] in an initiative to try to build awareness for cyber security among school children. [6] [7]
CyberCenturion was set up in 2014 after the success of its US counterpart CyberPatriot and its first final took place at The National Museum of Computing on 17 April 2015. [4] The main aim of CyberCenturion is the same as its US counterpart; to excite, educate and motivate children towards careers in STEM subjects, with an emphasis on cyber security. [8] It is also due to the large deficit in cyber security professionals. Northrop Grumman, the sponsors of both CyberPatriot and CyberCenturion hope that it will inspire youths towards choosing cyber security as a career. [9] Until CyberCenturion VI, CyberCenturion was run by Cyber Security Challenge UK. [10]
CyberCenturion is split into two age categories, each with four 'tracks'. [2] This is done to encourage more diversity in the competition. [11] The younger age category is for students in English year groups 7 to 9 (or equivalent) and the older category is for students in English year groups 10 to 13 (or equivalent). [2]
Within the age categories, the tracks split teams into four more groups, with a boys-only track, a girls-only track, a mixed team track and a cadet track. [2]
Places for the final are awarded in the following number of ways:
Additionally, a limit of one Junior and one Senior team from any one organisation is placed on finalists.
There are three main rounds [12] with Rounds 1 and 2 being online qualifying rounds where "teams will be provided with a array of Linux virtual machines with the aim to find and fix the vulnerabilities along with answering forensics questions". [13]
Round 3 is the National Finals round, where qualifying teams compete face to face to win the top prize. [12]
Prior to the three main rounds, there are two other 'introductory' rounds where teams play but do not score any points. [13] These are as follows: [13]
"The competition is played by teams of between two and four competitors, with up to one reserve who is used in the case of illness, and a responsible adult acting as the liaison between the organisers and the participants, and every team participant must be in English year groups Year 7 - Year 13 (Or equivalent). The competition is open to anyone in Europe that meets the age requirements and has the correct team format (including leader). Each team must play a series of online qualifying rounds, which will challenge them to learn about networking, coding and cyber security. If the team scores higher than most of the other players and makes it to the leaderboard, then they will be invited to play in the National Final, a face-to-face competition which finds the ultimate champion for the year." [2]
In CyberCenturion I, the finals were held in Block H, the original home of Colossus, of The National Museum of Computing in April 2015, [4] with KEGS Young Engineering Club at King Edward VI Grammar School in Chelmsford becoming the first CyberCenturion winners and The Chase School, Malvern being the runners up. [14] [15]
In CyberCenturion II, the finals were held at The National Museum of Computing in April 2016, [16] with "G-Sec" from Bayside Comprehensive School, Gibraltar being first-place winners. [16] The top prize was technology equipment to promote help promote STEM in their school. [17]
In CyberCenturion III, the finals were held at the Institution of Engineering and & Technology in the Maxwell Library in April 2017. [18]
In CyberCenturion IV, the finals were held at the Institution of Engineering & Technology in March 2018. [2]
CyberCenturion V finals took place in the Plexal Technology Park, London on the 7th March 2019
The CyberCenturion VII finals took place virtually in 2021, due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.
2022 saw CyberCenturion VIII go ahead, wherein the finals took place in the Hendon Royal Air Force Museum. [28] [29]
In 2023, the CyberCenturion IX finals went ahead at the National STEM Learning Centre in the University of York. [31]
In 2024, CyberCenturion X went ahead in HOST, MediaCityUK in Salford. [32]
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