Palmetto Cyber Defense Competition 2016 Enterprise Meeting 27 August 2015 Jeff Sweeney PCDC Director Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Atlantic (SSC.

Palmetto Cyber Defense Competition 2016 Enterprise Meeting

27 August 2015

Jeff Sweeney PCDC DirectorSpace and Naval Warfare Systems Center Atlantic (SSC Atlantic)

58300 Information Assurance Policy & Risk Management

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What is PCDC? PCDC is a cyber defense competition between South Carolina high schools on the first day and colleges on the second day. In 2015 a third day "Pro Day" was added at the request of USCYBERCOM to evaluate a PCDC-like scenario for use as a persistent training environment. The students from each school comprise the Blue Teams that are responsible for operating a small network while protecting the network infrastructure from Red Team attacks. Blue Teams are scored for accomplishing administrative and business tasks while maintaining network/service availability (such as mail and web servers) as well as their ability to detect and respond to threats. Students must be able to configure and protect their network. Teams must also be able to respond to business requests such as the addition or removal of additional services, and balance security needs against business needs. This competition has energized high schools & colleges to focus on development of the type of technical skills that we need in today’s challenging cyber environment. This will include cyber security/information assurance technical skills that are often taught only at the post graduate college level. Valuable practical experience is gained by students in a sector that needs more talented workers to meet growing cyber security challenges. It is conducted in close cooperation with our industry partners

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Draft PCDC 2015 Video Thanks go to Joe Bullinger, who put the lions share of the work into the video. Will be posted on website and YouTube once approved by PAO.

Red Carpet Premier of PCDC 2015Popcorn anyone?

Producer: Joe Bullinger Screen Play: Jeff Sweeney Voice: Vince Van Houten 3

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PCDC 2016

PCDC will be at Trident Technical College

On 9/10/11 April 2016

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PCDC 2015 Participating Schools

Collegiate – Sunday, 12 April High School – Saturday, 11 April

South Carolina State University

The Citadel

Palmetto Scholars Academy–1st

Summerville

Wando

Ashley Ridge-2nd

Florence Career Ctr

College of Charleston–3rd

ECPI University

Clemson

Trident Technical College

Charleston Southern U –2nd

South Carolina–1st

Lowcountry Tech Academy-3rd

Stratford

South Aiken

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PCDC 2015 ▼ Stephen Dunn, SSC Atlantic Executive Director, spoke on Saturday▼ Charles Berlin, USCYBERCOM Deputy Commander, Cyber National

Mission Force was Keynote Speaker on Pro Day▼ SCNG Leader spoke on Sunday▼ Lowcountry Chapter of AFCEA is our primary partner▼ PCDC 2015 Article published in Charleston Regional Business Journal▼ Need to gauge interest for Pro Day next year – good so far

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PCDC 2015 ▼ Social Media updated frequently before, during and after event▼ $8,000 in scholarship awards to winning team members and MVPs▼ Bob Miller has already reached out to Mr. Frank Abignale for ’16▼ Hot Washes held internally and with AFCEA▼ USCYBERCOM won Pro Day based on their success with injects▼ Pro Day: Gov’t: USCYBERCOM, AF Cyber, NCDOC, SCNG▼ Pro Day: Cont: SCANA Energy, SRA, SRC, SENTAR/SPARC

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PCDC 2015 Innovations

▼ PCDC 2016 included High School, Collegiate and Pro Days▼ We were able to provide a new laptop to every competing High School▼ Sam’s Network/Red Team Visualization tool was a big hit▼ Music chosen by students was played constantly-very well received▼ Red Team members visited teams at end of competition▼ Extremely informative Red Team report posted to pcdc-sc.com▼ Red Team size doubled

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Success Stories

▼Captain of 2nd Place CSU team was hired by SSC Pacific▼Several PCDC students are working as interns at SSC Atlantic▼Several former PCDC participants are working locally and/or participated in Pro Day or on Red Team this year.▼Last year’s high school MVP participated on SRA Pro Day team▼South Carolina High School participation in CyberPatriot has increased from 3 a few years ago to over 40 in 2015 due in large part to the partnership with PCDC▼SSC Atlantic continues to respondto schools requesting help starting STEM/Cyber programs

PCDC 2016 ▼ National Guard classes were a big hit and were asked if they can

repeat (Cyber Kill Chain, Cyber Threat Analysis)▼ Pro Day college student imbeds worked really well, at least 3

received job offers that day and another was asked for a resume.

▼ Sponsorship opportunities are available as well as the opportunity to compete

▼ Pinewood Prep (done) and now Porter Gaud have requested assistance

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PCDC 2016 ▼ Revisit sponsors on T-shirts. Late sponsors will not be included▼ For 2016, scenario will be a Medical Info Network or On-line Bank▼ PAO – Will Tim Terrebonne be back?▼ Trophies – Again, will Tim be back or will someone else coordinate with

Pro-2-Serve?▼ Looking at securing grants for Monday this year, not just for Sat/Sun▼ Large quantity of equipment ordered using overhead, combined with

Cyber Range Operations Center – will help reduce workload on Gold team if they have the equipment available to begin virtualization at an earlier date

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PCDC 2016 ▼ Get Hotels line up now for next year▼ White team judge changes from last year, posting injects to reduce

need for runners and rotating judges worked well and will be kept▼ PCDC-SC.com website now has some picture posted▼ Work with 7 HBCs to utilize some of DoE Grant. Received call

from SC Department of Education: Tony Dillon• Dr. Wright (Claflin University in Orangeburg) has asked to for an opportunity

to host a cyber security competition

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PCDC 2016 Team Leads▼ Gold – Josh Lewis/Chris O’Sullivan▼ Red – Sam Cappella▼ White – Atri Amin▼ Blue/High School Coordinator – Dennis Wilson▼ Collegiate Coordinator – Vince Van Houten, (Deputy Director)▼ Pro Day Coordinator – Bob Miller, (Deputy Director)▼ AFCEA POC (new) – Ken Dilks – working on PMP

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Thanks to our Corporate Sponsors!

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Thanks to our Corporate Sponsors!

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Important Links▼PCDC Website: pcdc-sc.com▼PCDC Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PalmettoCyberDefenseCompetition▼PCDC Twitter: https://twitter.com/PalmettoCyber▼Cyber Patriot: http://www.uscyberpatriot.org▼AFCEA: http://charleston.afceachapter.org/▼#PCDC15

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Wrap Up

▼Thoughts?▼Questions