October 8th, 2020 – High school teams from across Michigan came together virtually for the finals of the Governor’s High School Cyber Challenge, a cybersecurity competition hosted by the State of Michigan. The ten finalist teams, composed of up to three students each, completed challenges designed to test their knowledge of information technology and cybersecurity. The competition scores were based on the number of completed virtual challenges and the highest demonstrated mastery of essential cybersecurity skills. The winning teams were announced virtually today at the North American International Cyber Summit.
WINNING TEAMS:
1st Place: Notre Dame Preparatory School – Fighting Irish
2nd Place: Okemos High School – CyberchiefsA
3rd Place: Canton High School – RebelRebel
The first round of the Cyber Challenge was held from September 14th to September 17th, 2020. Each day of the event focused on a different topic, such as networking, programming, hacking or operating systems. Teams progressed through the story-driven scenarios by submitting their answers to multiple-choice questions.
160 teams, composed of 485 students from 31 Michigan schools, participated in the first round of the challenge. The schools were geographically located across the upper and lower peninsulas of Michigan.
PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS:
Ann Arbor Huron High School
Bay City Public Schools
Bay City Western High School
Bedford High School
Cadillac High School
Canton High School
Cass Technical High School
Clinton Community Schools
Clinton High School
Delta-Schoolcraft ISD
Eaton RESA
Grosse Pointe North H.S.
Gull Lake High School
Heartlands Inst. of Technology
Hillsdale Area Career Center
Kalamazoo Area Mathematics and Science Center (KAMSC)
Kalamazoo RESA
Lansing Community College
Lapeer County Ed Tech Center
MAPS
Muskegon Career Tech Center
Newaygo County CTC
Notre Dame Preparatory School
Okemos High School
Oxford Community Schools
Rockford High School
Trenton High School
Tuscola Technology Center
Van Buren Intermediate School District
West Bloomfield High School
Westwood High School
The Governor’s High School Cyber Challenge is facilitated by Merit Network and the Michigan Cyber Range, in partnership with the State of Michigan. Event community supporters include Cisco, Juniper Networks and ADVA.
About The North American International Cyber Summit
The North American International Cyber Summit 2020, hosted by Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer was held virtually this year. The event, in its ninth year, brought together experts from across the globe to address a variety of cybersecurity issues impacting the world.
About Merit Network:
Merit Network, Inc. is a nonprofit corporation owned and governed by Michigan’s public universities. Merit owns and operates America’s longest-running regional research and education network. In 1966, Michigan’s public universities created Merit as a shared resource to help meet their common need for networking assistance. Since its formation, Merit Network has remained at the forefront of research and education networking expertise and services. Merit provides high-performance networking and IT solutions to Michigan’s public universities, colleges, K-12 organizations, libraries, state government, healthcare, and other non-profit organizations. For more information: www.merit.edu.
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