CYBER SECURITY COMPETITION

 

Cyber Security Competition:       February 22, 2012

Awards Dinner                             Greenbelt Marriott

                                                      6400 Ivy Lane, 
                                                      Greenbelt, Maryland 20770

 

General information:  The purpose of the Cyber Security Competition is to facilitate an exploration of science and technology through research and interactive learning.  The importance of understanding different careers in Cyber Security in our daily lives allows participants to gain a global knowledge of the industry and having students in the pipeline.  We believe this project will significantly impact the community by bringing attention to the community's environment and help students to look at careers in the Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) fields.

 

Program:   The program will require 10 students, a teacher and mentor coach from the government, industry or academic sector to form 8 participating schools.

 

Schools:   The 2011-2012 competition will be among eight schools. 

 

Imagine Lincoln Public Charter School – Temple Hills, Maryland Benjamin Foulois Middle School – Morningside, Maryland Gwynn Park Middle School – Brandywine, Maryland Clinton Christian Academy – Clinton, MD James Madison Middle School – Upper Marlboro, Maryland Stafford Virginia NSBE, Jr. Chapter – Stafford, Virginia Thomas Johnson Middle School – Lanham, Maryland Patriots Middle School – Prince George’s County, MD

Awards Program:

Honorary Chairman                                        Rene LaVigne, President & CEO, Iron Bow Technologies

Keynote Speaker                                     Admiral Gretchen Herbert, Commander of Navy Cyber Forces

 

The Patriots’ Cyber Security Competition will consist of a panel of professionals that will judge the students’ papers and projects at the dinner with community residents, parents and elected officials on February 22, 2012 at the Greenbelt Marriott, Greenbelt, MD.  A winner of this competition will be selected at this event.  This project, thus, builds research and business skills as well as technology skills.

 

Prizes:  Each member of the winning teams will receive:  1^st Place - $100, 2^nd Place - $50, and 3^rd Place - $25.    

 

 

Business and government support:  This project will significantly impact the community by bringing government, industry and academia to support our students to seek a career in STEM. 

 

Lockheed Martin University of Maryland United States Department of Commerce (NIST) Systems Application & Technologies, Inc. Prince George’s County Office of Homeland Security National Navy Officers Association SecurityOrb.com SPAWAR (Navy)

Iron Bow Technologies Booz Allen Hamilton MITRE HP Enterprise Services BAE Systems, Inc. Morris & Foerster, LLP Intelligent Decisions

Fee:     You must be an active member of the Patro-Tech Science Club.

 

Information and registration:  Call Patriots at 301-925-9350