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SANS.edu Sentinels Wrap Up Outstanding 2023 National Cyber League Season
At the fall 2023 National Cyber League (NCL) competition, SANS.edu demonstrated its cybersecurity prowess, becoming the only college out of more than 500 participating colleges to earn Top 5 power rankings in both the Standard Student and Experienced Student brackets.
Quick Facts: SANS.edu Sentinels at 2023 NCL Competitions
- #1 Power Ranking in Experienced bracket in spring 2023
- #2 Power Ranking in the Experienced bracket in fall 2023
- #1 Power Ranking among NSA Centers of Academic Excellence in fall 2023
- #4 Power Ranking in the Standard bracket in fall 2023
- #1 Team in the Experienced bracket in spring 2023
- #2 Team in the Experienced bracket in fall 2023
- #2 Team in the Standard bracket in fall 2023
- 28% of the Top 100 individual players in the Experienced bracket in fall 2023 were SANS.edu Sentinels
SANS.edu Is Designated as a Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense by the NSA
“The CAE-CD designation is a testament to the quality of our cybersecurity faculty and programs. Our graduates are helping to meet the urgent cybersecurity needs of the U.S. government, industry, academia, and research, and we are proud to be part of a select group of cyber programs to have received this important designation.”
- Ed Skoudis, SANS Technology Institute President
SANS.edu Helps Team USA Win Medal at First International Cyber Challenge
We’re so proud of the SANS.edu participants in Team USA’s bronze medal performance at the first International Cyber Challenge — including TJ O’Connor (coach), Akosua Wordie, Susie Jeziorowski, and Andrew Phillips.
Did you know? SANS.edu participants, including alternates and virtual players, composed 20% of Team USA.
SANS.edu Sentinels Finish in the Top 10 in the NSA Codebreaker Challenge
Congratulations to the SANS.edu Sentinels for finishing in the Top 10 out of 445 schools in the National Security Agency’s 2022 Codebreaker Challenge. Through the challenge, our undergraduate and graduate students sharpen their technical skills in mission-centric scenarios similar to the work the NSA does every day.
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