"The National Cyber League - Reflections After the First Year"

Dan Manson
Professor
Cal Poly Pomona
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The National Cyber League (NCL) mission is to offer engaging, entertaining, measurable, and scalable methods of learning to enlist a new generation of cybersecurity professionals. The NCL was founded in May 2011 with the goal of providing a training ground for collegiate students to develop and practice their cybersecurity skills though combined individual and team exercises. In 2012 the National Cyber League ran two pilot seasons.

The presentation presents assessment data and lessons learned from the Spring and Fall 2012 National Cyber League Pilot seasons. The Spring NCL pilot focused on team competitions. The Fall NCL pilot focused on individual exercises and competitions. We will describe what has worked, what did not, and where we can go from here.