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AIR FORCE ASSOCIATION’S

NATIONAL YOUTH CYBER EDUCATION PROGRAM

CYBERPATRIOT

www.uscyberpatriot.org

CYBERPATRIOT ONLINE COACHES AND MENTORS MEETING

January 13 & 15, 2015A recording of the January 13 meeting can be found here.

http://youtu.be/zwbYKYONdyg

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Meeting Highlights

• Open Division Regional Round

• All Service Division Category Round

• Middle School Semifinals

• Public Scoreboard

• Tiers and Advancement

• State Awards and Tier Certificates

• President’s Day Weekend Open

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CyberPatriot National

CommissionerBernie Skoch

Manager ofCompetition Systems

and Cyber TrainingRyne Smith

Competition OperationsCoordinatorJason Scotti

Acting Manager of Program Administration

and EventsRachel Zimmerman

Registration and Middle School Coordinator

Leslie Walczak

Sponsorship and Outreach Coordinator

Rebecca Dalton

Senior Director CyberPatriot Operations

Frank Zaborowski

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Air Force Association(AFA)

CyberPatriot

Organization Chart


The Coach is the Backbone of the Competition

No team may compete in CyberPatriot until there is first a responsible adult willing to accept the following responsibilities.

(1) Competitor Protection. The coach is responsible for the protection and safety of their team’s competitors while involved in CyberPatriot activities. Access to minor students in a way that protects them, respects parental prerogatives, and follows legal statutes (e.g., Children's Internet Protection Act), is the coach’s responsibility. As the “gate keeper” forcontact with the competitors, the coach is accountable for the interaction of “mentors or technical advisors” to the competitors.

(2) Competition Integrity. Ensuring the integrity of the competition is essential to the fairness of the competition. Once the competition begins, the coach must ensure that their competitors receive no assistance, except between competitors on the same team. The coach upholds the guiding and operating principles of the competition at the team level.

(3) Official Point of Contact. The coach is the official point of contact for a team. Official CyberPatriot competition and other correspondence is provided to coaches for further dissemination to their teams. It is key during competition that coaches monitor their e-mail for up-to-date information that competitors will not receive directly. The role of official point of contact cannot be delegated to the mentor.

(4) Abide by the CyberPatriot Coaches’ Agreement.

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Coaches’ Role


Rules of the Road

This Meeting is based around presentation.

• This meeting will be recorded

• Presenters will use Audio

• Participants will use Chat

• NO private chat rooms

• Hold questions until the end, so everyone can concentrate on brief

• Meeting recording and slideshow will be posted at http://www.uscyberpatriot.org/competition/current-competition/coaches-meetings

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This WebEx is provided by Cisco Systems

http://www.uscyberpatriot.org/competition/current-competition/coaches-meetings



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Outreach


Participant Kits

• Boxes are packed per coach, not per team. Each coach will receive one box with enough gear for all of their teams.

• LAUSD teams are not included on the list. Their kits will be sent to and distributed by Beyond the Bell.

• Teams with incomplete rosters are also excluded from the list.

Click here for kit status

• Coaches with multiple teams are identified by only one of their team numbers.

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http://www.uscyberpatriot.org/Pages/Announcemen

ts/Participant-Kits-are-on-the-way!.aspx

http://www.uscyberpatriot.org/Documents/Ship Status List.pdf

http://www.uscyberpatriot.org/Pages/Announcements/Participant-Kits-are-on-the-way!.aspx


Participant Kits

• Items included:

– T-Shirt

– Challenge Coin

– Lapel Pin

– Teal Pen

– USB Mouse

– Sunglasses

– Certificate

– AFA Fact Sheet

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National Finalist Media Contest

• If YOUR team earns the distinction of being a National Finalist, we want you to share the great news in your community.

• We will hold a special media contest to recognize the National Finalist team with the best media coverage.

• Limited edition prize for the winning team!!!!

• Stay tuned for details!

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The CyberSentinel

• Share your local CyberPatriot news with us and it could end up in an upcoming edition of The CyberSentinel

• Submit article ideas to [email protected]

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mailto:[email protected]



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Competition Operations: Regional & Category Round

Middle School Semifinals


Round 1 (Open and All Service)/Practice Round 2 (Middle School)October 24 – 26, 2014

• Backup: October 31 – November 2, 2014*

Round 2 (Open and All Service)/Round 1 (Middle School) November 14 – 16, 2014

• Backup: November 21 – 23, 2014*

State Round (Open and All Service)/Round 2 (Middle School) December 5 – 7, 2014

• Backup: December 12 – 14, 2014*

Regional/Category Round (Open and All Service)/Semifinals (Middle School) January 16 – 18

• Backup January 23 – 25, 2015

The National Finals Competition (All Divisions) March 11 – 15, 2015

* Backup dates may only be used in case of inclement weather or other documented emergency. Scheduling conflicts and network connectivity issues are not valid bases for competing on the backup dates.

CyberPatriot VII Schedule


Regional & Category RoundsMiddle School Semifinals Challenges

Regional & Category Rounds (Open and All Service - All Tiers) Details

• Windows 8.1

• Windows Sever 2008

• Ubuntu

• Cisco Networking Challenge

– Quiz for all tiers, additional Packet Tracer activity for the Platinum & Gold tiers

Semifinals (Middle School Division) Details

• Ubuntu Image

• Windows 7 Image

• Windows Vista Image

• Cisco Networking Challenge (Quiz)


Competition Windows (all times in Eastern)• Friday, January 16: 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 a.m. Saturday

• Saturday, January 17: 8:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m.

• Sunday, January 18: 10:00 a.m. - 10:00 p.m.

• Image Download and Instructions Email sent to teams on Friday, January 9• Image download links

• Detailed Cisco Networking Challenge instructions will be in the StartEx email

• Images worth 100 points each and Cisco Quiz worth 33 points

• Platinum and Gold Tier Packet Tracer activity worth 42 points

• Only open to qualifying High School teams

• Team is responsible for tracking their time

• Scoring Data file required for a score correction

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Regional/Category Round(Open and All Service Divisions)


Competition Windows (all times in Eastern)• Friday, January 16: 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 a.m. Saturday

• Saturday, January 17: 8:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m.

• Sunday, January 18: 10:00 a.m. - 10:00 p.m.

• Image Download and Instructions Email sent to teams on Friday, January 9• Image download links

• Team IDs (Hashes)

• Checklist and Instructions

• Detailed Cisco Networking Challenge instructions will be in the StartEx email

• Images worth 100 points each and Cisco Quiz worth 33 points

• Only open to qualifying Middle School teams

• Team is responsible for tracking their time

• Scoring Data file required for a score correction

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Semifinals(Middle School Division)


Cisco Networking Academy

• Tech support to [email protected], not Cisco

• Six-hour time limit

• Two types of User Names and Passwords:

– Coach/Mentor User Name and Password: Instructor and Content Courses

• Manual process for Content Course access

– Team User Name and Password: Competition Course

• Sent in Image Download and Instructions email on Friday, January 16

• Will be used during High School Regional/Category Round and Middle School Semifinals

• High School Regional/Category Round will focus on all Modules of the Cisco training materials

– Platinum and Gold Tier will include a Packet Tracer component

• Middle School Semifinals will focus on Modules 5 through 7 of the Cisco training materials

mailto:[email protected]

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Big Four Rules

1. All images must be deleted by the end of the round

2. Teams have a single six consecutive hours to complete all work• Begins when first image is opened in VMware Player• Example: If a team starts at 1:00 p.m. Friday, it must finish by 7:00 p.m. that day• Cisco Networking Quiz is included in all work – starts at 1 p.m.; finished by 7 p.m.

3. Team may only have one instance of each image opened at a time• Good: (1) Windows 8 and (1) Windows Vista image opened simultaneously• Bad: (2) Windows 8 images opened simultaneously• Teams can re-extract an image if the old image is closed and deleted, but must re-

gain all of the point they had on the deleted image

4. If your image(s) can’t reach the scoring server, please contact your IT department or network administrator

• Port 80 and 443 must be open• Biggest difficulty: Proxy server, firewall, or filter blocking access to the scoring server • Local scoring feedback will not be displayed without connection to server

Rules of the Road


Things to Keep in Mind

• Substitutions – Soccer rules; once a Competitor is subbed out, they cannot return

• Resources– Teams can use only resources that are publicly available, reasonably easy to locate,

and do not require payment or membership to access

– Teams can download Service Packs, updates, and other software to their host machine prior to the round to use on the images

• Other skills important: time management, teamwork, etc.

• Contingency planning – backup in case of hardware, software, or network failure

• Allocating system resources – Teams can do it, but CPOC will not troubleshoot or consider appeals stemming from resource issues

• Take Notes!!!


• To back up scoring data on a Windows image:

– In the image, navigate to C:\CyberPatriot\ScoringData

– Copy the ENTIRE contents and compress copied files to a .zip file

– Copy .zip file to your host machine

• To back up scoring data on an Ubuntu image:

– Navigate to /opt/CyberPatriot/ScoringData

– Copy the ENTIRE contents of this directory into a .zip file.

– Copy the .zip file to your host machine.

• Shut the images down

• Do not open them again unless directed to do so by the CyberPatriot Program Office

• Delete the images per the instructions in the post-competition email

Saving Scoring Data


• A public scoreboard is available: http://scoreboard.uscyberpatriot.org

• Shows image scores only

• Displays all teams with the ability to sort by score, division, team number, and team, and tier

• All scores on the scoreboard are unofficial and for reference purposes only

• Displays “Region/Category” for Open/All Service and “State” for Middle School

Public Scoreboard

http://scoreboard.uscyberpatriot.org/



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Competition Operations: Future Rounds


High School Tiers and Advancement

Open: Top 12 teams in the Platinum Tier advance to the National Finals Competition

All Service: Top two teams from each Category in the Platinum Tier plus one Wild Card advance to the National Finals Competition


Regional/Category Awardsand Tier Certificates

Regional/Category Awards

• Given to the top three teams in each region/category in both divisions

• Teams from any tier can win them, however:– Platinum Tier teams are always ranked higher than Gold and Silver Tier teams

– Gold Tier teams are always ranked higher than Silver Tier teams

– Example: If a Silver Tier team from Ohio has 300 points and a Platinum Tier team from Ohio has 20 points, the Platinum Tier team will still be ranked higher

Regional/Category Round Tier Certificates

• Given to the top three teams in each region/category in each tier


Middle School Advancement and Awards

• Top three teams advance to the National Finals Competition

• The top three teams in each state receive a State Award


President’s Day Weekend Open

• Distinct from the CyberPatriot VII season

• Performance does not factor into CyberPatriot VII standings or awards

• Additional opportunity to test cybersecurity skills

• Focus on networking and forensics

• Open to ALL teams in all Divisions

Practice Round• January 28 – February 6, 2015

Cisco and Leidos • February 13 – 15, 2015 (Presidents Day Weekend)

• Backup: February 20 – 22, 2015


Miscellaneous

• ALL TEAMS may compete in the Presidents Day Weekend Open

• Post-Competition Survey – You can improve the competition!

Past suggestions: Sunday competition dates, Tiers, State & Region Rounds, Middle School, multiple teams for one Coach, Training Materials

• Integrity – Final rounds. Remind competitors to follow the rules. Much is on the line. No information sharing between teams, etc.

• CyberPatriot Rules Advisory Group – Advises the CyberPatriot Program Office on rules and policy. Will be requesting Coach and Mentor volunteers in May.



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Questions?