ECPI University Attends Cyber Security Competition

They were competing in a contest hosted by Old Dominion University, ODU Cyber Ops ’17, facing 25 teams – comprised of both students and professionals – most of which had plenty of experience in these type of events. When the dust settled, ECPI University’s teams had taken fourth and fifth place. Individually, Cyber and Network Security student Dennis Karako placed second in the CyberSim Challenge. Of the six teams from Old Dominion that entered the event, ECPI University’s teams bested five of them.

Both ECPI University teams spent six weeks preparing for the competition, refining their skills in such areas as cyber forensics, SQL injection, and a variety of specialized software applications. “It was an amazing experience,” says Cyber and Network Security student Zec Allison. “We may be new to these competitions, but we impressed a lot of people.”