This season we celebrated our fifth Spirit week with a variety of career prep activities and events. The CyberChase Scavenger Hunt and the Role of Soft Skills webinar were new additions to our list of ongoing activities - and we were excited to have hundreds of our community members participate. Next season we will have even more exciting events and look forward to promoting valuable resources to the cyber community!
Event Recap:
- CyberChase Scavenger Hunt: students were given a variety of clues to connect with Cyber Skyline staff, riddles and cipher challenges. Raffle pulled to identify 3 winners from the NCL student community.
- Team Game Challenge Walkthrough: Eddie Miro and Franz Payer of Cyber Skyline hosted a challenge walkthrough for a variety of challenges.
- Dr. Costis Toregas of the NCL Board led a panel discussion on the role of “Soft Skills in Cybersecurity”: Industry professionals shared their experience and insights about the importance of soft skills, transferable skills, and continuous networking.
- Chat with the Game Creators: The Cyber Skyline Engineering team hosted a live Q&A with special guest, Dylan Watson of CrowdStrike. Questions were submitted for the presenters to answer live, showcasing the behind the scenes fun facts and mindset of the Fall 2024 Competition season.
- Award Ceremony: Hosts Emily Kalandranis and Commissioner Dr. David Zeichick announced the Top Individual and Team Game winners. Special guest, Tennisha Martin, Executive Director and Founder of BlackGirlsHack, shared about her experience as a former NCL Player and the importance of continuous learning and growing in cyber.