April 2021 - UCI Cybersecurity Policy & Research Institute

UCI advances to national cyber defense competition following “historic” regionals win

Post author:Du Tran
Post published:April 6, 2021
Post category:News

UCI News
April 6, 2021

Having won the Western Regional Cyber Defense Competition, members of UCI’s cybersecurity club are now preparing for the national competition April 23-25. The team includes, top row, left to right: Qi Alfred Chen (advisor), Jordan Whiting (captain), Reggie Dequit; middle row, left to right: Sam Hansen, Brandon Nguyen, Jacob Bokor; bottom row, left to right: Alan Nguyen, Ryan Blanchard.

A team of undergraduate students from the cybersecurity club in UCI’s Department of Computer Science is moving on to the National Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition following their recent first-place finish in the Western Regionals against several formidable opponents. Only the winners out of the nine regionals across the nation can directly advance to the national competition.

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