Media report on regional cybersecurity contest held at UMaine
The Associated Press, WABI (Channel 5) and WLBZ (Channel 2) reported on the 2016 Northeast Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition (NECCDC) held at the University of Maine. The UMaine Cyber Defense Team was one of 10 groups from around the region to participate in the three-day competition. According to the National Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition, the contest simulates security operations for a small company. Teams must quickly familiarize themselves with network systems and software before beginning to defend against attacks while also providing customer service to users. The weekend also included presentations by teams and vendors, with a focus on job opportunities in cybersecurity. “Understand that once you put something on a computer that it isn’t necessarily private and other people can get access to it,” John Woodill, UMaine’s team captain, told WLBZ. “This event is bringing people together so that we can kind of share stories, figure out what needs to be done and how to stay current,” George Markowsky, professor of computer science at UMaine and the team’s faculty adviser, told WLBZ. “We’re trying to train the next generation of cyber defenders,” he said on WABI. The Maine Public Broadcasting Network and Daily Journal carried the AP report.