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    GenCyber Warrior Academy - 2022A GenCyber Summer Camp

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    (This event is now past, but may return in Summer 2024)

    Are you thrilled by computer science? Considering a career in cyber operations or security?

    Join us for an exciting six-day learning experience led by the highly-qualified professors from the University of North Georgia!

    The GenCyber Warrior Academy (GCWA) summer camp is a six-day, residential cyber academy with pre-camp and post-camp virtual activities for area high school students at the University of North Georgia’s (UNG) Dahlonega Campus. The camp is scheduled for June 5-11, 2022.

    The mission of the GCWA is to inspire the next generation of cyber operations and cybersecurity professionals in the north Georgia region.

    Housed at The Military College of Georgia and one of six Senior Military Colleges in the nation, UNG’s GCWA program will prepare students for military, federal service and civilian cybersecurity career paths with an emphasis on personal, organizational and national cybersecurity awareness and ethical cyber operations training in a six-day, residential cyber camp plus pre-camp and post-camp virtual/online activities.

    The 2022 GenCyber program includes 30+ hours of residential, on-site instruction at the Dahlonega campus from June 5-11, 2022, plus 16-20 hours of pre-camp and post-camp virtual cyber enrichment activities, culminating with free attendance at the Hacker Halted 2022 conference in Atlanta in October. Students will participate in hands-on labs in learner-centered classrooms using the Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) iLabs curriculum. The standards-based content will reinforce the six GenCyber Cybersecurity Concepts (Confidentiality, Integrity, Availability, Thinking like an Adversary, Defense in Depth, and Keeping It Simple) through activities and lab exercises. In addition to lab exercises, students will participate in extension activities involving coding in Python, Drone programming, cryptography, 3D printing, car hacking and capture-the-flag and red-team/blue-team events.

    The mix of mini-lectures, hands-on labs, mid-day get-up-and-move extension activities and evening team-building and CTF events will engage learners using multiple modalities. Daily scrum presentations, Q&A and student presentations of various hacking exercises and the GenCyber Cybersecurity Concepts will help students take active ownership of their learning experiences.

    Daily physical activity and teambuilding are part of the program.

    Application Deadline:

    January 31, 2022

    -Application Closed- Download the 2022 Brochure (PDF)

    Why at UNG?

    The GCWA is a collaboration of the Institute for Cyber Operations Education, the Institute for Leadership and Strategic Studies, and the Department of Computer Science and Information Systems at UNG. 

    What's the Cost? 

    Free. The GenCyber Warrior Academy is funded by a grant from GenCyber.

    Who May Participate and What Are the Requirements?

    • U.S. high school students who will be sophomores, juniors or seniors in fall 2022.
    • Priority consideration will be given to students who have studied a strategic language (such as Arabic, Farsi, Russian, Mandarin Chinese, Japanese, and Korean) in school or elsewhere.
    • Priority consideration also will be given to students who have demonstrated high aptitude and achievement in high school math and/or computer science courses (>3.5 GPA in Math/CS courses), or who have participated in computer-related extracurricular activities (e.g. computer programming, robotics or cyber competition team membership, etc.).

    Contact Information

    Kimberly Bruner
    Administrative Assistant IV
    82 College Circle
    Chestatee Building, 231A
    Dahlonega, GA 30597
    706-867-2189
    kimberly.bruner@ung.edu  

    Course Instructors

    Bryson R. Payne, Ph.D., GPEN, CEH, CISSP®

    Tamirat Abegaz, Ph.D., GCIH, CEH, Security+

    Mingyuan Yan

    Mingyuan Yan, Ph.D., Master’s in Information Security

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    Ahmad Ghafarian, Ph.D., Professor of Computer Science

    Abi Salimi

    Abi Salimi, Assistant Professor of Computer Science

    Luis Cueva Parra

    Luis Cueva Parra, Ph.D., Assistant Professor

    Participant Testimonial

    "Thank you for guiding the 2019 GenCyber Warriors during the summer and capturing our interest in the cyber security. Before the camp, I was uncertain about entering cyber security, but after meeting professionals, learning to use Kali Linux and interacting as a team, I am definitely considering cyber security as a field to join. Thank you for making the camp an amazing experience for all of us.”

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    students of the national cyber warrior academy

    Cyber Programs at UNG

    • Computer Science (B.S.)
    • Computer Science Major with a Concentration in Information Assurance and Security (B.S.)
    • Information Systems (B.B.A.)
    • Information Assurance and Security Minor
    • Cyber Security Minor

    Cybersecurity Resources

    • Top 20 Critical Security Controls - SANS Institute
    • OWASP Top Ten Web Application Vulnerabilities
    • SANS Cyber Aces Online Courses

    Cyber Competitions for High School Students

    • US-CERT Cyber Competition Search - Strategies for Cyber Competition
    • National Cyberwatch Center - Upcoming Conferences/Events
    • CyberPatriot (Middle and High School)

    Articles About the Academy

    Cyber Warrior Academy to Inspire Students in Rapidly Growing Field
    UNG News, June 25, 2018

    NSA Grant Will Fund UNG Summer Camp for Future Cyber Warriors
    UNG News, April 18, 2018

    National Cyber Warrior Academy Trains Next Generation to Engage in Virtual Combat
    UNG News, June 26, 2017

    River Ridge Student Accepts Computer Science Summer Program Invitation
    Patch.com, May 31, 2017

    UNG: Power Player in Cybersecurity Education in Georgia
    Inside UNG, April 18, 2017

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