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Robotics Club Advances to Round 3 in National CyberPatriots Competition
The PHS club is ranked 10th in the nation for their skills in cyber security.
In today’s world of easy access to PCs, iPads and other digital devices, computer experts seem to be getting younger. In fact, many of them are still in high school.
The Robotics Club at Poway High School recently won its second victory in the CyberPatriot National High School Defense Competition, which challenges students’ skills in cyber security.
Out of 250 teams, PHS was one of 36 to advance to Round 3―one step away from attending the championship competition in Washington, D.C.
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Students Kyle Brennan, Adam Johnson, Kyle Reed, Luke Witte, Will Box, David Schiavone, Dylan Van Dam and Alex Aldava represented the club.
Their advisor, Rodger Dohm, says they found and secured several vulnerabilities in Windows XP and Windows 2003 server, including malware and configuration management, among others.
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“[T]his is the that we are competing in a cyber security competition,” said Dohm, referring to last year when the Robotics Club went up against 500 teams nationally and competed in the championship round with West View and Ramona high schools.
“We ended up ranked 10th in the nation,” he said. “This is no small feat for these students individually and working as a team.”
CyberPatriots was created by the Air Force Association and is sponsored by Northrop Grumman. Dohm says Round 3 will take place virtually using a server hosted by SAIC.
