AIR FORCE ASSOCIATION’S CYBERPATRIOT · AIR FORCE ASSOCIATION’S NATIONAL YOUTH CYBER EDUCATION PROGRAM CYBERPATRIOT CYBERPATRIOT ONLINE COACHES AND MENTORS MEETING September 11,

AIR FORCE ASSOCIATION’S

NATIONAL YOUTH CYBER EDUCATION PROGRAM

CYBERPATRIOT

www.uscyberpatriot.org

CYBERPATRIOT ONLINE COACHES AND MENTORS MEETING

September 11, 2014*These slides have been slightly updated based on the 9/9/14 meeting

© Air Force Association

Meeting Highlights

• Join the CRAG

• Introductory Images for Month of September

• New Training Materials

• Air Cards

• Practice Scoring Engine

• Sneak Preview

• Cisco Networking Academy

• Exhibition Round Vulnerability Categories

• Round 1 and 2 Operating Systems

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CyberPatriot National

CommissionerBernie Skoch

Manager ofCompetition Systems

and Cyber TrainingRyne Smith

Competition OperationsCoordinatorJason Scotti

Manager of Program Administration

and EventsRachel Zimmerman

Registration and Middle School Coordinator

Leslie Walczak

Sponsorship and Outreach Coordinator

Rebecca Dalton

Director of Competition Operations

Frank Zaborowski

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Air Force Association(AFA)

CyberPatriot

Organization Chart


The Coach is the Backbone of the Competition

No team may compete in CyberPatriot until there is first a responsible adult willing to accept the following responsibilities.

(1) Competitor Protection. The coach is responsible for the protection and safety of their team’s competitors while involved in CyberPatriot activities. Access to minor students in a way that protects them, respects parental prerogatives, and follows legal statutes (e.g., Children's Internet Protection Act), is the coach’s responsibility. As the “gate keeper” forcontact with the competitors, the coach is accountable for the interaction of “mentors or technical advisors” to the competitors.

(2) Competition Integrity. Ensuring the integrity of the competition is essential to the fairness of the competition. Once the competition begins, the coach must ensure that their competitors receive no assistance, except between competitors on the same team. The coach upholds the guiding and operating principles of the competition at the team level.

(3) Official Point of Contact. The coach is the official point of contact for a team. Official CyberPatriot competition and other correspondence is provided to coaches for further dissemination to their teams. It is key during competition that coaches monitor their e-mail for up-to-date information that competitors will not receive directly. The role of official point of contact cannot be delegated to the mentor.

(4) Abide by the CyberPatriot Coaches’ Agreement.

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Coaches’ Role


Rules of the Road

This Meeting is based around presentation.

• This meeting will be recorded

• Presenters will use Audio

• Participants will use Chat

• NO private chat rooms

• Hold questions until the end, so everyone can concentrate on brief

• Meeting recording and slideshow will be posted at http://www.uscyberpatriot.org/competition/current-competition/coaches-meetings

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This WebEx is provided by Cisco Systems

http://www.uscyberpatriot.org/competition/current-competition/coaches-meetings



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Outreach


The CyberSentinel

• Share your local CyberPatriot news with us and it could end up in an upcoming edition of The CyberSentinel

• Submit article ideas to [email protected]

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mailto:[email protected]


• NCWIT Award for Aspirations in Computing– Eecognizes high school girls for their interest and aptitude in technology at

local and national level.

– Applications open are from Sept. 15 through Nov. 2.

• Aspirations in Computing Educator Award– Receive recognition for your support by encouraging young women to apply

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http://www.aspirations.orgAlabama Award winners: CP-VI finalists Chris

Sutton and Angela Cheng (Grissom High School)

NCWIT

http://www.aspirations.org/participate



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Registration

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Registration opened April 1

• The first step to registering as a Coach and/or Mentor is to create a Volunteer Account

CyberPatriot VII Registration


• After you submit your Volunteer Registration Form you will receive a confirmation email and a link to Volunteer Central

• After you log into the site, you will be brought to your Dashboard

Click this to edit your name, rank/title,

personal email address, or phone number.

Click this to access the Team

Registration Form.

Click this to complete a Mentor

Application.

CyberPatriot VII Dashboard


Coach creates Volunteer Account

Coach uses Create Team button to submit Team Registration Form(s)*

Verification Official is automatically emailed a link with which to verify the Coach*

CPOC reviews and approves Team Registration

(Open Division and Middle School Division) Coach pays registration fee*

Coach adds Competitors to team roster

Competitors are automatically emailed links to longer student registration forms

Notes:

-Coaches must submit separate team registration forms for each team they want to coach-If you do not see a “Create Team” button when you log in, try accessing the site with Firefox or Google Chrome

-Coaches cannot verify themselves-Each team registration must be verified separately

-Information on the CP-VII registration fee structure is linked to on our homepage and in the Volunteer Registration Form instructions

Coach/Team Registration Process


Team Verification

• If your verification official cannot find the email with the link to verify your registration, you can confirm the address you entered on the form and resend the verification email

1. Confirm address

2. Edit address, if

needed

3. Resend email


Registration Fee Payment

• All Service Division team registration fees are automatically waived. All other exemption-eligible teams must request a waiver through their Coach’s Dashboard

– If you will compete in the All Service Division, make sure to select your JROTC service type not “Public High School” as your team’s organization type

– All middle school teams will compete in the Middle School Division, regardless of whether they’re uniformed. If you are fielding a middle school team on behalf of a scouting unit, home school, NSCC squadron, or Boys and Girls Club, Select “Middle School” as your organization type. With the exception of middle school Civil Air Patrol teams, which pay no fee, the payable fee for Middle School Division teams is $195. Middle School Civil Air Patrol teams should select “Middle School – CAP” as their team’s organization type.

If your team is eligible for one of the waivers

outlined on the website, click this to submit

a request and supporting information

Credit card payments are processed by

PayPal. You will receive a receipt by automated

email.

Use this to add competitor’s to

your roster. You will need their

email addresses, names, and t-

shirt sizes.


• Mentors (like Coaches and Competitors) must re-register each season

• All Mentors must complete a CyberPatriot background check every 12 months

• Background checks are now executed by PeopleFacts, Inc., not Gall & Gall, Inc.

• Mentors can select/deselect a box on their profiles indicating whether they’re available to assist additional teams.

• They can also check a box indicating whether they’re willing to assist teams virtually

Mentor Registration Notes


• Only Coaches can officially link Mentors to their teams. Mentors are only able to contact approved Coaches about working with their teams.

Click this to access the list of approved Mentors

Filter the search by state and

select whether to include

Mentors available virtually.

If you have never spoken to this Mentor before

and would like to discuss him or her assisting

your team, click this button to send an email.

If you know this Mentor and already have an

understanding that he or she will assist your team,

click this to formally link the Mentor to your team.

How to Contact/Link a Mentor



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CyberPatriot VII Competition Preparation


Orientation Documents/Hyperlinks

CyberPatriot VI Rules Book

Governs until CP-VII Rules Book published

Amendments published August 1

• Team roster of two-six students

• Coaches may lead up to 5 teams

• Coaches may register all teams with one email address

• Competition design modified to include Middle School

• Competition Tiers

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http://www.uscyberpatriot.org/CP5/CPVI Documents/CP-VI Rules Book.pdf


CyberPatriot Rules Advisory Group (CRAG)

Join the CRAG

• Advises the Director of Competition Operations on competition rules and processes

• Help finalize the Rules Book before it is rolled out to teams in the coming weeks

• Coaches and Mentors of different levels of experience are invited

• Looking for a variety and depth of opinions on various subjects

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If interested, email [email protected] with subject line “CRAG Volunteer”

mailto:[email protected]


Round 1 (Open and All Service)/Practice Round 2 (Middle School)October 24 – 26, 2014

• Backup: October 31 – November 2, 2015*

Round 2 (Open and All Service)/Round 1 (Middle School)November 14 – 16, 2014

• Backup: November 21 – 23, 2015*

State Round (Open and All Service)/Round 2 (Middle School)December 5 – 7, 2014

• Backup: December 12 – 14, 2015*

Regional Round (Open and All Service)/Semifinals (Middle School)January 16 – 18

• Backup January 23 – 25*

The National Finals Competition (All Divisions)March 11 – 15

All teams can compete in Rounds 1 & 2 and the State Rounds!

*Backup dates may only be used in case of inclement weather or other documented emergency. Scheduling conflicts and network connectivity issues are not valid bases for competing on the backup dates.

CyberPatriot VII Schedule


CyberPatriot Practice Images

• New Windows 7 and Ubuntu Introductory Images

• Contain basic vulnerabilities along with answer keys on the desktop

• Released first week of September and available for the whole month

• Teams can run multiples of the same image

– Reminder: During scored rounds, teams may only run one instance of each image at a time

• Images do not expire after six hours – can be used for the whole month

• One-time only event – no answer key during Practice Round or scored rounds of competition

– Vulnerability categories only


• Updated Training Materials on Website Dashboard

– Competitors do not have credentials for the site, so if you must download and email the PDFs to them

• Archived Materials still available on public site

• Information on basic vulnerabilities

• New Ubuntu module

CyberPatriot VII Training Materials


AT&T Air Cards Now Available

• Coaches may request up to 3 air cards per team

• Air cards will be given out based on need

• May only be used for CyberPatriot based activities

• Must be returned by April 30, 2015

• Mentors, Team Assistants, and Competitors may not request air cards

• Request air cards here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/HNYFWFL

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/HNYFWFL


Building Your Own Practice Images

Non-CCS Scoring Engine On Website

• http://www.uscyberpatriot.org/competition/training-materials/practice-images

• Version 2.0 of TAMUCC engine

• More user-friendly

• Scores more vulnerabilities

• Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 (not R2)

• New DreamSpark Guide: http://www.uscyberpatriot.org/Documents/DreamSpark%20%28MSDN%29%20Guide.pdf

http://www.uscyberpatriot.org/competition/training-materials/practice-images

http://www.uscyberpatriot.org/Documents/DreamSpark (MSDN) Guide.pdf


Sneak Preview Round

• Saturday, September 20 from 12:00 noon - 4:00 p.m. Eastern

• For teams registered for CP-VII

• Help test the newest version of CCS

• Similar in difficulty to Exhibition Rounds

• Not a scored round of competition

• Individuals all receive their own unique hash for the round

• More information to be emailed to Coaches next week


Cisco Networking Academy Training

• Available to all teams

• Emails being sent to Coaches and Mentors

• Follow email registration instructions

• Course invitation will follow

• Three parts:

– Instructor course: site familiarization

– Content courses: modules released for training

– Competition courses: quizzes and Packet Tracer activities during rounds



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Competition Operations


Windows 7 Ubuntu

Exhibition Round Vulnerability Categories

Account Policy: 3

Unnecessary Services: 2

Digital Forensics: 2

Prohibited Files: 2

Password Policy: 1

Account Policy: 4

Software Updates: 3

Access Control: 3

Unnecessary Services: 2

Prohibited Files: 1

Malware: 1

Advanced Linux Security: 1

These categories are for the Exhibition Round images over the summer,

not for the Introductory Images with the answer keys


CP-VII Rounds 1 and 2

Competition Round 1 (All Divisions) DetailsOpen and All Service: October 24 – 26, 2014

Middle School: November 14 – 16, 2014

• Windows 7 image

• Server 2008 image

Competition Round 2 (All Divisions) DetailsOpen and All Service: November 14 – 16, 2014

Middle School: December 5 – 7, 2014

• Ubuntu image

• Vista image

• CORRECTION: Windows 8 image

• Networking quiz on Cisco Networking Academy site



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Questions?