https://www.uscyberpatriot.org/Pages/About/What-is-CyberPatriot.aspx
Current logo for cyber patriot competition thats being held this year
Cyber patriot was founded in 2009 where they hosted their first competition in Florida, The first CyberPatriot competition was designed as a proof of concept. After enthusiastic responses from the Competitors, industry professionals, and senior military leaders, the program was considered a success, and staff quickly made plans for expansion.
picture from first ever cyber
picture form first ever cyber patriot competition
Cyber patriot is a youth cyber educational program created by air and space force association to inspire k-12 students towards careers in cybersecurity and other science related jobs. Cyber patriot host a competition that puts high school and middle school students in charge of securing virtual networks and fixing cybersecurity vulnerabilities. CyberPatriot’s National Youth Cyber Defense Competition challenges teams of high school and middle school students to find and fix cybersecurity vulnerabilities in virtual operating systems. Using a proprietary competition system, teams are scored on how secure they make the system.
this game is used for grades 3rd-6th
This image shows a game used for the competition where the team has to build a computer network to mine for cryptocurrency and use the money they gain to expand their network. During this simulation the competitors will lear how their decisions can affect the security and effectiveness of the network as well as learn some basic components such as malware, security, software.