Tennessee Technological University team earns second place win at the Department of Energy CyberForce competition

The Cybersecurity Education, Research and Outreach Center CyberForce team from Tennessee Technological University is celebrating its second-place finish at this year’s Department of Energy CyberForce competition.

This year’s competition was held in St. Charles, Illinois, and featured 95 teams competing from colleges and military academies from around the country. The purpose of the DoE CyberForce competitions is to allow future cybersecurity experts to hone their skills when it comes to defending the country’s infrastructure. In the competition, teams compete as both offense and defense against other teams to help identify security weaknesses.

According to an article on Tennessee Technological University’s website, Jeremy Potts, who serves as the CEROC cyber range engineer and team coach, said of this year’s competition, “The skills mark is incredibly high to get into the top ten in this tough competition. The fact that Tech has placed so high, consistently, is a clear demonstration of the quality of our teams and the highly skilled students that are part of them.”

Eric Brown, who is the associate director of workforce development for CEROC, said, “These student teams continue to amaze us with their abilities.  The depth of support within the student-led cyber community at Tennessee Tech is on display every time one of our teams takes the field.  We are very proud of their accomplishment.”

The students who made up this year’s team include Landon Byrge, Landon Crabtree, Nate Dunlap, Micah Jones, Evyn Price, and Grant Tarver.

For more information about Tennessee Technological University, visit the school’s website.