The
Baldwin
Wallace
University
Cybersecurity
Team
won
their
eighth
Ohio
Qualifier
for
the
Midwest
Regional
Collegiate
Cyber
Defense
Competition
(CCDC).
This
real-world
experience
tests
the
team's
ability
to
secure
and
maintain
a
corporate
network
while
preparing
students
for
challenges
they
will
encounter
in
their
future
careers.
Payoff
for
hard
work
The
BW
CyberSec
Team
was
one
of
seven
teams
to
compete
in
the
CCDC
Ohio
Qualifier.
Through
problem-solving,
troubleshooting
and
teamwork,
they
out-performed
second-place
University
of
Akron
and
third-place
The
Ohio
State
University,
claiming
first
place
in
the
competition
and
earning
their
spot
in
the
Midwest
Regional
CCDC
Competition,
March
13-14,
2020.
A
win
would
qualify
them
for
one
of
ten
spots
available
and
a
second
chance
to
compete
for
the
National
CCDC
title
in
April.
Fall
success
springboard
The
strong
start
to
spring
competition
comes
on
the
heels
of
another
successful
fall,
which
included
two
first-place
wins.
Out
of
106
teams
to
compete
nationwide,
the
BW
CyberSec
Team
won
the
regional
first-place
spot
in
the
U.S.
Department
of
Energy
CyberForce
Competition.
The
DOE's
competition
prepares
students
to
defend
industrial
control
systems
within
a
realistic
cyber-physical
infrastructure.
Teams
are
tasked
with
defending
one
energy
system
-
a
solar
generation
facility,
electric
substation,
data
center
or
manufacturing
plant
-
while
communicating
with
the
other
three
to
monitor
and
maintain
the
integrity
of
the
system
as
a
whole.
The
University
at
Buffalo
Lockdown
Cybersecurity
Competition,
a
"hack
and
defend"
cyber
defense
event,
places
a
team
of
student
defenders
against
a
team
of
student
hackers.
While
very
similar
to
the
CCDC,
this
event
focuses
on
learning
how
well
the
defender
team
protected
the
enterprise-like
systems
from
the
hacker
team
attacks.
The
BW
team
of
Lauren
Driscoll
'22,
Ian
Walton
'20,
Chris
Midkiff
'20,
Meredith
Kasper
'20
and
Joshua
Neubecker
'20
took
first
place
in
the
event.
Successful
leadership
builds
great
teams
BW's
Kenneth
Atchinson,
associate
professor
and
advisor
to
the
BW
CyberSec
Team,
helps
students
hone
their
skills
against
cybersecurity
competitors.
In
recognition
of
his
significant
and
impactful
contribution
of
talent,
time,
product
and
process
in
the
past
year,
he
was
awarded
the
2019
Information
Security
Summit
Sentry
of
the
Year
Award
for
Security
Industry
Impact
and
Innovation.
