Cyberforge 2023 draws students from CCI Coastal Virginia area

March 18-19, 2023

About 70 students representing eight community colleges and universities, as well as area high schools, attended Cyberforge 2023 on March 18 to 19 at Christopher Newport University.

Participants in Cyberforge 2023 gather for a group photo at the event at Christopher Newport University

The event, hosted by the Coastal Virginia node of the Commonwealth Cyber Initiative, the Christopher Newport University (CNU) Cybersecurity Club, and the Coastal Virginia Cybersecurity Student Association, featured speakers, career sessions, workshops, and a capture-the-flag competition.

Students from Old Dominion University (ODU) and Christopher Newport University planned and led the event.

Featured speakers included:

David Raymond, director of Virginia Cyber Range
Michael Kouremetis, Lead Cyber Operations Engineer and Group Lead at MITRE
Michael Morey, senior principal engineer, Frontier Technology
Michael Woods, NCIS Special Agent

Event sponsors included:
Virginia Cyber Range	MITRE	Frontier Technology
Information Systems Security Association Hampton Roads	Federal Bureau of Investigation	Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS)
U.S. Coast Guard	U.S. Navy	Old Dominion University

Capture-the-Flag Competition

The capture-the-flag competition was sponsored by MetaCTF. Winning teams were:

First Place

From left: James Nagle (ODU); Daniel Tomov (Landstown High School); Cole Baty (ODU); James Nagle (ODU).
Second Place

From left: Jack Wardell; Todd Mahood; Samuel Raymond; Aubrie Kooiker, all of Christopher Newport University.
Third Place

From left: Benjamin Newlin, Remy Haraod, and Andrew Wisnieweski. Not pictured: Titus Voell. All are of CNU.

For additional information, contact John Costanzo at jcostanz@odu.edu.