{"id":71354,"date":"2017-11-28T15:35:17","date_gmt":"2017-11-29T01:35:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=71354"},"modified":"2020-01-15T13:39:05","modified_gmt":"2020-01-15T23:39:05","slug":"uh-west-oahu-takes-second-in-national-cyber-security-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2017\/11\/28\/uh-west-oahu-takes-second-in-national-cyber-security-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"UH<\/abbr> West O\u02bbahu takes second in national cyber security competition"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>
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UH<\/abbr> West Oʻahu<\/span> cyber security students<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A team of University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>–West Oʻahu<\/span><\/a> cyber security students placed first in its bracket in the Fall 2017 National Cyber League (NCL) Season<\/a>, helping to propel it to an overall second place out of 184 teams nationally.<\/p>\n

The team competed in Gold—the highest competitive level of the three brackets—which is open to experienced players with the highest levels of knowledge and skills. Only the top 15 percent of players compete in this category.<\/p>\n

NCL provides a cybersecurity training ground in a game-like environment that requires participants to work individually in regular season and in teams during postseason games. The competition is designed for participants to solve real problems, with actual deadlines, under enormous time, technical and resource constraints.<\/p>\n

West Oʻahu<\/span> team has proven competition track record<\/h2>\n

The 10-student team faced off against other teams from across the United States, which included undergraduate and graduate students and cyber security professionals. The team consisted of members of the Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Advanced Technology Society (HATS), a student organization with an enviable competition track record competing in the NCL<\/abbr> competition. This year\u2019s competitors were Bryan Tanaka<\/strong>, Tim Gunderson<\/strong>, Catherine Sarte<\/strong>, Gabriel Farinas<\/strong>, Marvin Arnold Buenafe<\/strong>, Taylor Kina<\/strong>, Justin Cobbs<\/strong>, Kimberly Matsumoto<\/strong>, Robert Kuakini<\/strong> and Christopher-Joshua Ulep<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

A second UH<\/abbr> West Oʻahu<\/span> team finished 25th overall nationally.<\/p>\n

The team competed in nine categories, coming in first nationally in four:<\/p>\n