the southeast collegiate cyber defense competition
In April 2006, Kennesaw State University (KSU) hosted the first ever Southeast Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition. This event drew student teams from institutions throughout the Southeast US to spend a grueling 48 hour period configuring, updating, protecting and managing a network segment from continuous business request and constant attacks from aggressive penetration testing by commercial "tiger teams". This event, now reoccurring annually, requires diligent preparation by the student teams and extensive planning and organization on the parts of the host institutions. This paper overviews the history of the event and lessons learned in the design, conduct and management of the competition.
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