Thursday, June 6, 2019
Monday, June 3, 2019
CyberPatriot XII gets underway in Yuma
Team 508 welcomes CyberPatriot XII to Yuma
Two days ago, on Saturday June 1, Team 508 took its first
step to participate in the new CyberPatriot XII competition. Eight cadets, 2
senior members, and our new mentor met in the squadron conference room to work
through practice images of Windows 10 and Ubuntu 16 operating systems during Exhibition
Round 1. We went through the routine of opening images in VMWARE, checking the
readme files, answering the forensic questions, and then working through checklists
to identify and fix security vulnerabilities. As always, everyone got a kick
out of the points scoring klaxon. In fact, absence of the expected aural prompt
was so disturbing that adjustment of the mute setting on my computer was a
necessity at the outset.
Our checklists have been updated over the past two years of
competition so we were able to earn all the points available on both operating
systems. Instructors made the point to the cadets that things start to get more
difficult (and educational) from here on as the competition year progresses. I
was encouraged by the level of cadet participation in this early round. We have
not taken advantage of the Exhibition Rounds in past years. Those attending
seemed interested in future training opportunities. I will plan to include more
training sessions in our busy schedule. For the first time our video team even
took some time to tape activities and record interviews with participants. I
hope to be able to provide further information about the video project once the
final edit is completed.
We are actively recruiting for our Basic (July 24-26) and
Advanced (July 31-August 2) CyberCamps that are scheduled for this summer. This
will be the first time that Team 508 has hosted these camps. I have looked
through the instructor’s guides for both camps. There is huge educational
potential. We will be working with Windows
and Ubuntu images and will introduce Cisco Networking and its associated
PacketTracer application. The camps will be a great foundation for the coming
competition and for opportunities in computer security further down the line.
Monday, May 27, 2019
Foothills Library Astronomy/Stargazing Schedule
Stargazing Schedule at the Yuma Foothills Library
Thurs. May 30th at 1930
Thurs. June 6th at 2000
Thurs. June 13th at 2000
Saturday June 15th Moon-gazing at 2030
See Foothills Library
website-calendar for other astronomy
opportunities including the solar
program:
http://yumalibrary.org/library-event-calendars/
Tuesday, May 21, 2019
May Aerospace Education Links
Aerospace Education Links May 2019
Mars InSight
lander detects what is likely the first Martian quake identified by
seismometers on Mars
SpaceX
notches another successful supply mission to the International Space Station
Israel
responds to suspected cyberattack with aerial attack on building in Gaza
***Boeing Starliner parachute test a
success.
Photos of
Phobos, a Martian moon about which almost nothing is known
Federal
Government commits more than a billion additional dollars to fund a lunar
exploration project that will involve 11 aerospace companies
Lunar
madness grabs brewing companies
NASA’s new
lunar exploration projects gets a name; plans for project include sending first
woman to land on the moon.
Final
resting place for an Israeli lunar lander spotted by NASA orbiter
Boeing 737
Max likely to receive new FAA certification by late summer
Jupiter
probe Juno discovers that magnetic field of the gas giant planet is changing in
a way similar to that of Earth
Black hole
vs. neutron star, it is no contest
Women
leaders advance in NASA
Monday, May 20, 2019
Agenda for May Aerospace Education Meeting
Aerospace Education Agenda May 22,
2019
1840 Announcements
CyberPatriot XII- see
this year’s schedule at uscyberpatriot.org
CP Team
formation starts now
CyberPatriot Exhibition
Round June 1 CAP hangar 0900-1500
CyberCamps -sign up in eWing, only 9 slots for
each camp
Basic
Camp July 24-26
Advanced
Camp July 31-August
Advanced Model Rocketry June 1 cancelled
Advanced Model Rocketry June 1 cancelled
Passport program
Hand out
additional passports as needed
Please send
your topic to me: bobkaye542@yahoo.com
Robotics STEM kit approved and should arrive in a couple
of weeks
1855 Cadet Talk-C/SrA Mario Guadarrama, Jr.-New innovations in powered flight
1910 Break
1920 Maj. Christopher Eicher-History of Aviation in Yuma
2020 Adjourn
Advanced Model Rocketry Field Trip on June 1 cancelled
Field trip to Holtville for Advanced Model Rocketry
Wednesday, May 8, 2019
Two CyberCamps to be held in Yuma this July
CyberCamps to be held in Yuma this
July
I am pleased
to announce that CAP Squadron 508 will be hosting two CyberCamps this summer.
These camps help prepare participants for the upcoming CyberPatriot XII competition.
This is a special opportunity to begin training before the season gets
underway. The Basic Camp is designed for those who have not participated in
CyberPatriot in the past. The Advanced Camp curriculum covers concepts beyond
the introductory level and introduces the Cisco portion of the competition. Previous experience in CyberPatriot is recommended. Simulated Windows 10 and Ubuntu 16 competition images challenge attendees on
the final day of each camp. Enrollment is only available to CAP cadets. Register
for the camps on the AZ Wing website, eWing. Each camp is limited to 9 cadets
each so do not delay your registration. Tentative schedules are listed below.
CyberCamp Schedules 2019
Standard Camp
Wed. morning,
July 24th 0800-1200 Introduction to CyberPatriot
Introduction
to Virtual Machines
Wed. afternoon,
July 24th 1300-1700 Cyber Ethics
Thurs. morning,
July 25th 0800-1200 Windows 10
Security
Policies
Account
Management
File
Protections
Auditing
and Monitoring
Thurs. afternoon,
July 25th 1300-1700 Ubuntu 16
Terminology & Concepts
Basic
User Interface Security
Basic
Command Line
Intermediate
Security
Friday, July 26th Competition
Day
Advanced Camp
Wed. morning,
July 31st 0800-1200 Cyber Ethics
Wed. afternoon,
July 31st 1300-1700 Windows 10
Graphical Utilities
Command Line
Sysinternals
Suite
Thurs. morning,
August 1st 0800-1200 Ubuntu 16
Init Systems
Advanced
Command Line
Processes
and Scheduled Tasks
Security
Policies and PAM
Networking
Thurs. afternoon,
August 1st 1300-1700 Cisco NetAcad
Modules 1-3
Friday, August 2nd Competition
Day
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