CSC will
provide judges and support staff for teams competing in the 5th Mid-Atlantic
Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition (CCDC), March 11-13, 2010. Pitting college
students against hackers trying to disrupt and compromise their networks, the
competition is unique in its focus on the operational aspects of managing and
protecting an existing network infrastructure. Student teams are scored on
their ability to detect and respond to outside threats, maintain availability
of existing services (e.g., e-mail servers), respond to business requests
(e.g., add user accounts), and balance security needs against business needs.

CSC will
provide cyber subject matter experts as judges for the event to ensure team
compliance with the rules and handle tasks such as scoring scripted business
events during the competition. In addition, CSC employees will champion each of
the five regional finalist teams during the pre-competition phase and observe
and support their chosen team during the three-day event.

“CSC is
dedicated to developing cutting-edge, long-term solutions to the evolving cyber
threat environment, and an important component of these efforts is the
development of next generation cybersecurity curricula and workforce,” said
James Menendez, vice president of CSC’s Global Security Solutions. “We know
that supporting the CCDC and all of the CyberWatch activities is one important
way we can help pursue these goals for ourselves and our nation.”

CSC’s active
participation as an industry member of our Advisory Board is a real help to the
mission of CyberWatch. As a leading provider of cybersecurity services to
government and industry, CSC’s commitment to the long-term development of a
viable work force and their support of academic institutions are essential to
the government’s ongoing ability to protect our national security,” said Dr.
Robert J. Spear, director of the CyberWatch Center, which hosts the
Mid-Atlantic event. “We’re thankful for all of the efforts of our Advisory
Board members from industry, and especially for CSC’s contributions and
leadership in this year’s CCDC. We wish all participants the best of luck for
the upcoming competition.

Five winning
teams from the preliminary regional competition, conducted remotely during
January and February of this year, will participate in the Mid-Atlantic CCDC:
Towson University, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Asheville-Buncombe
Technical College, Community College of Baltimore County and Millersville
University.

The winner
of the Mid-Atlantic CCDC will move on to represent the region in the national
CCDC, April 16-18, 2010, in San Antonio, Texas. For more information about the
competition, visit www.midatlanticccdc.org.

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