Organized by Detroit Mercy’s Cybersecurity & Information Systems Department, 12 students, forming two Blue teams (cyber defenders) worked on Saturday to win the NCAE Cyber Games Competition, with one of our teams taking third place. To score points, students are initially given a compromised network to fix while defending over a dozen network services whilst being hacked by the organizer’s Red team throughout a 7-hour period. Third place winners were Ethan Scheys (Team Captain), Preston Duller, JP Marvin, Eyiara Oladipo, Ayanna Mendieta, Nouman Ahmed and Aaron Hewins. Scoring a respectable overall finish, students on UDM’s second team were John Weglarz (Team Captain), Noah Segal, Charlie Lipka, Alicia Norman and Rex VanPelt. Serving as coaches were Anne Kohnke, Greg Laidlaw, and Harrison Haviland-Longo. This competition was open to Centers of Academic Excellence (CAE) designated schools and students who’ve never previously competed in a cyber competition.
