To win, students must keep a mock business running...

...while fending off constant cyberattacks

COMPETING ACROSS THE NATION

TOU

RNA

MEN

TTI

MEL

INE

JOB DEMANDGROWTH

1 MILLIONUNFILLED

CYBERSECURITY EXPERTDEMAND EXCEEDS SUPPLY

Qualifying TRYOUTS for collegiate team

State and Virtual QUALIFIERSadvance to Regionals

NSA/DHS Certified as National Centers of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance/Cyber Defense

SOFTWARE: Programming, data analysis

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY: Server administration, engineering, technical support and knowledge management

CYBERSECURITY: Information assurance, information security, network defense and certified ethical hacking

NETWORK DEFENSE: Auditing, incident response, and infrastructure support

• Computer/Digital Forensics• Computer Engineering• Computer/Management Information Systems• Computer Science• Cybersecurity• Information Assurance• Information Technology• Network Management• Software Engineering

CYBERSECURITY CAREERS:COMMON DEGREES

COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES

44

THE NATION’SLARGEST COLLEGECYBER DEFENSECOMPETITION

Real-World Challenge

1TEAM PERSCHOOL

180+COLLEGIATE

TEAMS

2,000STUDENTS

Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition REGIONALS

NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP(San Antonio, Texas) April 24–26

10 regional winners competefor National Title

Rocky MountainFeb. 27–28

North CentralMarch 6–8

At-largeMarch 6–8At-large

March 6–8

MidwestMarch 27–28

WesternMarch 26–29 Southeast

April 7–8

Mid-AtlanticMarch 25–28Mid-AtlanticMarch 25–28

Pacific RimMarch 21–22

Northeast March 20–22

SouthwestMarch 7–8

3.5X INFO TECH

12X OTHER CAREERS1

BY20163

CYBERSECURITY JOBS2

Other

Cybersecurity

Across theGlobe in

2014

U.S. MILITARY WANTS

6,000 NEWCYBER WARRIORS

COMMON CAREER FIELDS

2010–202065,700 NEW

❱ Security Engineer❱ Cyber Intelligence Officer❱ Penetration Tester❱ Security Incident Response Team❱ Vulnerability Researcher❱ Software Developer

CYBERSECURITY JOBS

NCCDC HELPS STRENGTHEN THE FUTURE CYBER WORKFORCE,With hands-on experience not found in the classroom.

Raytheon-Commissioned Survey5 Found

GROWING INTEREST IN CYBER CAREERS

Among U.S. Millennial Generation

Not aware of cybersecurity tasks and repsonsibilities

More likely to consider a career making the Internet safer

and more secure

38% 63%

“Cyber threats targeting the private sector, critical infrastructure and the

federal government demonstrate that no sector, network or system is immune to

infiltration by those seeking to steal commercial or government secrets and property or perpetrate malicious and

disruptive activity.“WHITE HOUSE FISCAL YEAR 2016 BUDGET

White House Seeks $14 Billion For U.S. Cybersecurity4

Pentagon Requests $5.5 Billion For Cybersecurity4

CYBER DEFENDER SKILLS6

SKIL

LS

BOOSTING BUDGETSTO PROTECTOUR NATIONAGAINSTCYBER ATTACKS

Info Tech

22%Job Growth

NCCDC

NATIONAL COLLEGIATE

CYBER DEFENSECOMPETITION (NCCDC)

I N P A R T N E R S H I P W I T H

RAYTHEON

APRIL 24–26, 2015

1Burning Glass Technologies report 22014 Cisco Annual Security Report3www.defense.gov4www.reuters.com5The Raytheon-NCSA Millennial Survey was fielded by Zogby Analytics and included responses from 1,000 adults in the U.S. aged 18 to 26.6www.defensesystems.com

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