The Maryland Cyber Challenge & Conference (MDC3) is looking for teams of cybersecurity professionals, high school students and college students from across to state to register for this inaugural statewide cybersecurity competition. The final in-person orientation session for anyone interested in competing is coming up Thursday, August 25 at UMBC – all details can be found at www.mdc3.org.
Any team that registers for MDC3 will be eligible to participate in practice rounds to be held throughout the summer to help better prepare for the first of two qualifying rounds to be held online in September. Following the qualifying rounds, the final eight teams from each division – high school, college, and professional – will go on to compete in person at the Maryland Cyber Challenge & Conference at the Baltimore Convention Center October 21-22. Winners will receive scholarship money and cash prizes.
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MDC3 is a non-profit event founded by Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC), the Department of Business & Economic Development (DBED), the Tech Council of Maryland (TCM) and the National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA). The purpose of this event is to encourage more students and young professionals to pursue careers in cybersecurity, as it is a rapidly growing field offering many job opportunities, especially here in Maryland.
