AUGUSTA — University of Maine at Augusta Cyber Moose participated in the National Cyber League Championship postseason competition, finishing 14th overall out of 266 teams nationwide, and earning the highest score attributed to participants from the state of Maine.
The Cyber Moose is a cyber security team created in 2017 for team competitions. Through national competitions, team members seek to compete nationwide and work together to improve their knowledge.
The NCL postseason team championships took place the weekend of April 27 through 2. UMA students participating were Austin Brower, Pierre Laot, Jason McLean and Samantha Wilkins. Competencies measured in NCL National Championship postseason game include open source intelligence, network traffic analysis, log analysis, scanning and reconnaissance, wireless access exploitation, cryptography, password cracking, web application and exploitation, and enumeration and exploitation.
In the NCL regular season, more than 3,000 players participated from all over the country on an individual basis. UMA student Jason McLean finished 19th overall, and first nationwide in the cryptology category. UMA student Austin Bower placed 28th overall, and was ranked seventh nationwide in the log analysis category.
UMAs Cyber Moose is working to recruit more members for participation and to finish as a team in the top 10 in the upcoming NCL team competition. They also endeavor to participate in more cybersecurity competitions such as the National Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition.
For more information about the Cyber Moose, contact pierre.laot@maine.edu.
For more information about National Cybersecurity League: www.nationalcyberleague.org/about.
