National Cyber League (NCL)
Coming
Soon: Fall 2012 Pilot Season
“Competitions
Created and Optimized for Individuals”
Did you like playing in the Spring 2012 National Cyber
League Pilot? Did you hear about the NCL
and become interested in participating? Then
you won’t want to miss the second NCL season, October 1st through
early December. More info and opportunities to register will be coming soon at www.nationalcyberleague.org, but get ready and save the dates!
The Fall 2012 NCL Pilot Season will be will based on
the CompTIA Security+ performance-based
exam objectives, a widely recognized and adopted curriculum and
certification.
NCL will host 16
virtual preparatory lab exercises, which students can use to develop and practice
hands-on skills for the competitions and the Security+ certification exam -
akin to conditioning in athletics, practicing layups and free-throws in the
gym.
NCL will also host a Regular Season, comprised of 3 competitions, the weekends of
October 13th, October 27th and November 10th. To continue the athletic analogy, we are now
moving to the playing fields and competing.
Competitions will be created and optimized for individuals and designed
to provide hands-on experiences and challenges to help students develop and
improve cyber-security skills and problem-solving abilities. They will all be conducted remotely, in virtual cyber-stadiums, equally
accessible to all.
At the end of the Regular Season, the top 10
individuals in each of the three NCL Conferences will qualify for the NCL Championship, which will be held the
weekend of December 1st, 2012.
Keep
checking the NCL portal at www.nationalcyberleague.org
for updates and info from last season. If
you have questions in the meantime, contact NCL Commissioner, Dr. Dan Manson,
at dmanson@csupomona.edu. This is going to be fun!
The
National Cyber League – “Where Cyber Security is a Passion”
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