CYBERPATRIOT 17 (2024-2025)
The CyberPatriot 17 season began in October 2024 with 5,050 registered teams across the US and around the globe. Through a series of online competition rounds, teams were tested on their ability to find and fix cybersecurity vulnerabilities in virtual operating systems, all while maintaining critical services.
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This year, the Linux component was updated for the 2024-25 competition season and Mint 21 was introduced. After two challenging rounds of online competition, the Open and All Service Division teams were divided into three skill tiers. Teams scoring in the top 30% of teams were placed in the Platinum Tier, the middle 40% of teams in the Gold Tier, and the remaining 30% of teams in the Silver Tier. All teams then competed within their tiers for state awards and advancement to the Semifinal Round. In this final online round, teams faced three challenges: The Network Security Master Challenge with the CyberPatriot Web-Based Component, the Cisco NetAcad Challenge, and the Boeing Cyber-Physical Systems Challenge (high school teams only).
After the Semifinal Round, twelve Platinum Tier Open Division teams, thirteen Platinum Tier All Service Division teams (two from each category and one wildcard team), and three Middle School Division teams earned their spot in the National Finals Competition which took place at the Bethesda North Marriott Hotel and Conference Center in Rockville, MD.
During the Network Security Master Challenge, teams are provided with multiple virtual operating systems (also known as “images”). Each team serves as administrators for a small business, working to find and fix vulnerabilities, maintain critical services, resolve injects, and defend against hostile Red Team attackers.
During the Cisco NetAcad Challenge, teams had three components to complete in 90 minutes. They were required to manage and troubleshoot network security components in a hands-on exercise, a Cisco networking quiz covered what they learned this season and for the first time, teams were presented with a physical component which was similar to a "scavenger hunt." The teams had to physically create a Cat5 cable to connect a VOIP phone to a network and find physical, verbal, and written clues to complete a complex task.
In the Boeing Cyber-Physical Systems Challenge, teams are presented an operational system that tracks and maintains flight information. Each team acts as a product security engineering team that has been tasked with securing the system from threats that could impact air safety.
NATIONAL FINALS COMPETITION WINNERS
OPEN DIVISION
National Champion: CyberAegis Phoenix from Scouting America Exploring Post 2928 (San Diego, CA)
Runner-Up: Half Dome from Franklin High School Elk Grove, CA)
Third Place: TitanTurtles from Westview High Schol (Portland, OR)
ALL SERVICE DIVISION
National Champion: Terabyte Falcons from Scripps Ranch High School Air Force JROTC (San Diego, CA)
Runner-Up: coast2coast from Troy High School Navy JROTC (Fullerton, CA)
Third Place: The Chill Guys from Miami Beach Senior High Navy JROTC (Miami Beach, FL)
MIDDLE SCHOOL DIVISION
National Champion: CyberAegis Odyssey from Scouting America Exploring Club 2927 (San Diego, CA)
Runner-Up: CyberAegis Stardust from Scouting America Exploring Club 2929 (San Diego, CA)
Third Place: Sentinel Rock from Toby Johnson Middle School (Elk Grove, CA)
INDIVIDUAL CHALLENGE AWARD WINNERS
Boeing Cyber-Physical Systems Challenge:
1st Place: The Chill Guys from Miami Beach Senior High NJROTC (Miami Beach, FL)
2nd Place: garfieldLasagnaMonday89 from Thomas Jefferson High School (Alexandria, VA)
3rd Place: Terabyte Falcons from Scripps Ranch High School AFJROTC (San Diego, CA)
Open Division Cisco Networking Challenge:
1st Place: Runtime Terror from Troy High School (Fullerton, CA)
2nd Place: FNASA from William Lyon Mackenzie Collegiate Institute (North York, ON)
3rd Place: CyberAegis Phoenix from Scouting America Exploring Post 2928 (San Diego, CA)
All Service Division Cisco Networking Challenge:
1st Place: coast2coast from Troy High School NJROTC (Fullerton, CA)
2nd Place: Cyber Monkeys from Burke Composite Squadron CAP (Springfield, VA)
3rd Place: Terabyte Falcons from Scripps Ranch High School AFJROTC (San Diego, CA)
Middle School Division Cisco Networking Challenge:
1st Place: CyberAegis Odyssey from Scouting America Exploring Club 2927 (San Diego, CA)
2nd Place: CyberAegis Stardust from Scouting America Exploring Club 2929 (San Diego, CA)
3rd Place: Sentinel Rock from Toby Johnson Middle School (Elk Grove, CA)
CYBER ALL-AMERICAN AWARD RECIPIENTS
Awarded to those CyberPatriot competitors who qualify for the National Finals all four of their high school competition seasons.
