The Role of Student Competitions in Cybersecurity Education

This resource is a 15-page white paper that was written by John Sener and is provided free for download. This paper discusses the role of student competitions in cybersecurity education, how competitions can support and improve cybersecurity education, expansion of competitions, and the future of competitions. A table of contents and the following sections are included: Background, Current Role of Student Cyber Competitions in Cybersecurity Education, The Potential of Student Competitions to Support and Improve Cybersecurity Education, The Expansion and Integration of Student Competitions into Cybersecurity Education, Future Directions: Taking the Role of Student Competitions to the “Next Level” in Cybersecurity, Education, Acknowledgements, and References.