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FCPS’s Marshall Academy Teams Triumph at Governor’s Cybersecurity Cup

By Michelle DavisApril 29, 2014
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Bernie Skoch, CyberPatriot National Commissioner, AFA.
Bernie Skoch, CyberPatriot National Commissioner, AFA

April was the month of opportunity for students interested in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics). Area groups partnered nonstop to sponsor a slew of events geared at augmenting STEM interest among youth including:  the opportunity to attend the USA Science & Engineering Festival’s Science and Engineering Expo this past weekend, the culmination of the National Youth Cyber Defense Competition at the beginning of the month, and the announcement that Northern Virginia Technology Council’s (NVTC) SySTEMic program launched a slew summer camps geared at provoking youth interest in STEM.

But for students from some Virginia high schools, the STEM interest was already there.

Eight teams from Virginia high schools competed earlier this month in the final match of the 2014 Governor’s Cybersecurity Cup Challenge cybersecurity competition.

The cyber competition challenge — jointly arranged by the Air Force Association’s CyberPatriot National Youth Cyber Education Program and the Virginia Governor’s Office — aimed to engender critical technical cybersecurity skills among high schoolers from the state of Virginia.

Three teams from Marshall Academy, a governor’s STEM academy housed within Marshall High School in Falls Church,  outmatched the remaining five finalist teams at the April 12 event held at George Mason University’s Volgenau School of Engineering  — taking first, second and third place respectively in the competition.

“The Air Force Association is honored to have been asked by the Virginia governor’s office to host the 2014 Governor’s Cybersecurity Cup. Virginia is a key region as we extend our CyberPatriot National Youth Cyber Education Program, and the students and schools of the Commonwealth ‘get it’,” said Bernie Skoch, the CyberPatriot national commissioner for the AFA.

The competition, which began with 42 teams in January,  functioned similarly to the CyberPatriot National Youth Cyber Defense Competition that culminated earlier this month, but required that participating teams be from Virginia high schools.

The AFA aimed through both competitions to teach competitors cyber security fundamentals in attempts to offer them interactive experience in the cyber defense critical to the country’s security.

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