"US Air Force Academy Wins NSA Cyber Competition"

The US Air Force Academy successfully defended its title as champions of the National Security Agency's (NSA) annual NSA Cyber Exercise (NCX). The team won a three-day cyber competition that put US service academies, senior military colleges, and NSA professional development programs to the test in order to train them to defend the nation's cyber networks. The NCX trophy was presented to the Air Force Academy's cyber competition team by GEN Paul M. Nakasone, Commander, USCYBERCOM, Director, NSA/Chief, CSS. The US Military Academy came in second place, while the US Coast Guard Academy came in third, beating the US Naval Academy and senior military universities such as Norwich, Texas A&M, The Citadel, Virginia Military Institute, Virginia Tech, and the University of North Georgia. The NCX is a year-round program that ends in a three-day unclassified cyber competition. It fosters and tests cybersecurity skills, planning, communication, decision-making, and more. The theme this year was transportation and food infrastructure, including exercises focusing on data analysis, forensics, reverse engineering, and policy, as well as the final attack-and-defend cyber combat exercise. This article continues to discuss the US Air Force Academy winning the NCX as well as the structure and benefits of this competition. 

NSA reports "US Air Force Academy Wins NSA Cyber Competition"