Virginia Cyber Range News: Back to School Fall 2021

Another conference in the books! Now that our 4th annual Virginia Cybersecurity Education Conference has wrapped up, we would like to share a big THANK YOU to our attendees, speakers, sponsors, exhibitors, and partners who made this year's event truly special!

Conference t-shirts and swag are on their way! Our Continuing Education Credits (CEUs) are also being administered to qualified registrants.

If you missed a session or want to watch them again, you can check out conference recordings on the Whova app.

To access the web app version, visit:
https://whova.com/portal/webapp/vcsc_202108/

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VIRGINIA CYBERSECURITY EDUCATOR AWARDS

We introduced the Virginia Cybersecurity Educator Award at this year's conference. This award recognizes excellence in cybersecurity education in Virginia.

Awardees were nominated by colleagues who could comment on both the educators achievements, and their students’ achievements.

The committee met and selected two recipients for the 2021 award. Congratulations to Erik Breede & Kristi Rice!

Erik Breede

Erik has been teaching in Hampton City Schools for 14 years. He holds Microsoft Networking Fundamentals, MS Security Fundamentals, and CompTIA Security+ certifications.

At Phoebus High School, Erik has built a cybersecurity lab for hands-on teaching and learning. In addition to teaching he serves as a CyberPatriot and CTF coach.

Erik received the 2019 Technology Leadership Award and he has been nominated for the Presidential Cybersecurity Education Award.

Kristi Rice

Kristi teaches three different cybersecurity courses in Spotsylvania County Public Schools.

She advises the Cyber Knights club at her school where she has expanded membership by 700% last year. The Cyber Knights placed 2nd out of 160 Virginia schools in the 2020 Girls Go CyberStart competition.

During the summer Kristi has helped lead GenCyber and CCI workshops that reached over 100 teachers. She has also created and hosted a teacher professional development series called, "HackItUp with Kristi and Friends", during the COVID pandemic.

Do you know an outstanding Virginia cybersecurity educator? Look for our call for nominations in 2022!

Thank you to all our conference sponsors and exhibitors!

We wouldn't have been able to pull off a successful virtual conference without the support from our sponsors and exhibitors.

COURSEWARE NEWS

Start off the new school year with new courseware!

Module J: Metasploitable CTF is the tenth of 18 modules in the Cyber Security Advanced Ethical Hacking course.

This module covers the Metasploitable 3 CTF challenges. Metasploitable is a capture the flag (CTF) that is used initially to help sell and train users on the Rapid 7 Metasploit product; however, it is used to help train security professionals and would-be ethical hackers how to find, exploit, and possibly mitigate vulnerabilities. Students in this module will be challenged to take what they have learned and apply it to hunting for security vulnerabilities.

CHECK OUT NEW COURSEWARE

ACCESSIBILITY IMPROVEMENTS

The Virginia Cyber Range is committed to ensuring our website is digitally accessible to everyone, including those with visual, hearing, cognitive and motor impairments. We are continually improving the user experience for everyone, and applying the relevant accessibility standards.

Some of the changes you may have noticed include the ability for keyboard-only interaction, enhanced screen reader support, the ability to highlight elements on the screen, and color changes such as greater contrast making it easier to read.

Please let us know if you encounter accessibility barriers, or request any information in accessible alternative formats through our Contact Us Page. We will make all reasonable efforts to make the page accessible for you.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Virginia K-12 Cybersecurity Educators are welcome to join us for the next Virginia Cyber Range K12 Advisory Board meeting on September 21 at 4pm via Zoom. If you would like to attend please send us an email at contact@virginiacyberrange.org.

We are also asking for nominations for this year's officers and regional representatives. You may nominate someone, or self-nominate, for these positions.

We look forward to having you join us as we kick off the 2021-2022 school year!

NOMINATE A REGIONAL REP OR OFFICER

BSides Roanoke is an inaugural Security BSides event in Roanoke, VA which will be held on October 2, 2021 at Virginia Western Community College. General Admission tickets are still available - Register Here.

The Annual NICE K12 Cybersecurity Education Conference, supported by the National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE), and hosted by iKeepSafe, brings together members of the K12 educational ecosystem in support of growing the cybersecurity workforce of the future.

The 2021 NICE K12 Cybersecurity Education Conference will be a VIRTUAL EVENT on December 6-7, 2021. Take advantage of early bird pricing by registering between September 1 - October 31.

Virginia Cyber Range resources are limited to faculty/students at Virginia high schools, colleges, and universities. Others may visit the U.S. Cyber Range of Virginia Tech to learn more about our national offerings or sign up for the U.S. Cyber Range newsletter to keep up to date on the latest U.S. Cyber Range news.

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