Team 508 finishes CyberPatriot Round 2 competition

Round 2 of 2019 CyberPatriot XI Competition

 This past Saturday, December 8^th saw four of Squadron 508’s cadets meeting at the CAP hangar to participate in Round 2 of this year’s CyberPatriot competition. Cadets showed up bright and early at 0800 for the six hours allotted to complete their work. This round included images from Windows 10, Windows 8.1, Ubuntu 14, and the Cisco Challenge that consisted of a quiz and a Packet Tracer exercise. Two of our senior members also were present to monitor cadet activity.

It was apparent from the outset that the bar for obstacles to obtaining good scores had been drastically elevated by competition organizers. Our cadets worked through the checklists but still a lot of points were left on the table. This round introduced new tasks that we had not seen before. Answers to the problems were difficult to find. Training modules for the competition were of little assistance and even   online research failed to provide satisfactory solutions in a number of instances.

Cisco provides competitor’s scores when the quiz is closed. We did significantly better on this phase than in the previous round. Final scores for the remainder of the competition will be released in about a week. The combined scores from Rounds 1 and 2 determine tier assignment for the State Round that is coming up in the first half of January 2019. We all anxiously await completion of the scoring. Our team will have at least one more opportunity to compete in CyberPatriot XI.