A free online Cybersecurity Bootcamp will be held for Howard Seniors and recent graduates from May 11th-22nd 2020 (offered by the Montgomery College Training Center). Submit this interest form by Mar 15th to receive more information on how to apply.
Use the following link to request a free voucher for the National Cyber League (NCL) Spring 2020 competition starting on Mar 23rd (NCL voucher). This all virtual event is a great way to learn, practice and demonstrate hands-on cyber security skills (see Preparing for Cyber CTF Competitions and the NCL portal for more info).
Summer 2020 internships in Engineering, Sciences, Social Sciences, and Business. The Application deadline is March 31. Go to https://doemeispp.org/ for more info.
Checkout the Black History CTF Meetup on Mar 5th sponsored by Cover6. See the DC Cyber Professionals Meetup site for more information.
Congratulations to all the students that participated in the PwC CTF on Feb 22nd. It was very challenging, lots of fun and there were *great* prizes. Thank you again to the PwC team or sponsoring this event.
The new HU Cyber Center ‘Wall of Acheivement’ will recognize student participation in cyber challenges and events with awards and prizes. The season ends on April, 24th, so submit an update and get started today.
Join the Howard University Slack Channel to collaborate on labs, projects and competitions.
Open Source Intelligence Techniques (OSINT) are used to gather publicly available data in preparation for a penetration tests. This info is used direct the scanning, vulnerability assessments and exploitation (attacks). More is available at this link.
Understanding the Linux terminal and basic Linux commands are *very* important in a cyber competition. Learn and practice basic commands using the free labs in ‘Linux for Noobs ’ and the additional references available at the following link.
For cyber competitions, student must be able to convert a computer number format or text (ASCII) encoding format to the other equivelent numeric or text formats. Use the following link for more information.
