AIR FORCE ASSOCIATION S CYBERPATRIOT NATIONAL YOUTH CYBER EDUCATION PROGRAM CYBERPATRIOT ONLINE COACHES AND MENTORS MEETING September 11, 2014 *These slides have been slightly updated based on the 9/9/14 meeting www.uscyberpatriot.org
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 2
Organization Chart Air Force Association (AFA) CyberPatriot CyberPatriot National Commissioner Bernie Skoch Director of Competition Operations Frank Zaborowski Manager of Competition Systems and Cyber Training Ryne Smith Manager of Program Administration and Events Rachel Zimmerman Sponsorship and Outreach Coordinator Rebecca Dalton Competition Operations Coordinator Jason Scotti Registration and Middle School Coordinator Leslie Walczak 3
Coaches Role 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 for contact 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. 4
Rules of the Road This WebEx is provided by Cisco Systems 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/currentcompetition/coaches-meetings 5
AIR FORCE ASSOCIATION S CYBERPATRIOT NATIONAL YOUTH CYBER EDUCATION PROGRAM Outreach www.uscyberpatriot.org
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 info@uscyberpatriot.org 7
NCWIT 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 Alabama Award winners: CP-VI finalists Chris Sutton and Angela Cheng (Grissom High School) http://www.aspirations.org 8
AIR FORCE ASSOCIATION S CYBERPATRIOT NATIONAL YOUTH CYBER EDUCATION PROGRAM Registration www.uscyberpatriot.org
CyberPatriot VII Registration Registration opened April 1 The first step to registering as a Coach and/or Mentor is to create a Volunteer Account 10
CyberPatriot VII Dashboard 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. 11
Coach/Team Registration Process 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* 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 CPOC reviews and approves Team Registration (Open Division and Middle School Division) Coach pays registration fee* -Information on the CP-VII registration fee structure is linked to on our homepage and in the Volunteer Registration Form instructions Coach adds Competitors to team roster Competitors are automatically emailed links to longer student registration forms 12
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 3. Resend email 2. Edit address, if needed 13
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 Use this to add competitor s to your roster. You will need their email addresses, names, and t- shirt sizes. Credit card payments are processed by PayPal. You will receive a receipt by automated email. 14
Mentor Registration Notes 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 15
How to Contact/Link a Mentor 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. 16
AIR FORCE ASSOCIATION S CYBERPATRIOT NATIONAL YOUTH CYBER EDUCATION PROGRAM CyberPatriot VII Competition Preparation www.uscyberpatriot.org
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 18
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 If interested, email cpoc@uscyberaptriot.org with subject line CRAG Volunteer 19
CyberPatriot VII Schedule 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 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
CyberPatriot VII Training Materials 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
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
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%20g uide.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
AIR FORCE ASSOCIATION S CYBERPATRIOT NATIONAL YOUTH CYBER EDUCATION PROGRAM Competition Operations www.uscyberpatriot.org
Exhibition Round Vulnerability Categories These categories are for the Exhibition Round images over the summer, not for the Introductory Images with the answer keys Windows 7 Account Policy: 3 Unnecessary Services: 2 Digital Forensics: 2 Prohibited Files: 2 Password Policy: 1 Ubuntu Account Policy: 4 Software Updates: 3 Access Control: 3 Unnecessary Services: 2 Prohibited Files: 1 Malware: 1 Advanced Linux Security: 1
CP-VII Rounds 1 and 2 Competition Round 1 (All Divisions) Details Open and All Service: October 24 26, 2014 Middle School: November 14 16, 2014 Windows 7 image Server 2008 image Competition Round 2 (All Divisions) Details Open 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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