Today I was pleased to give a talk entitled "Find your niche: Making an impact in the micronational community" at the 2024 Digi Micro Summit. You can see the recording of the video below:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Slabovia Participates in Cyber Competition
[SLABOVIA]
Elements of Slabovia’s cyber command, Slabovian Cyber External Network Threat
Defense, Reconnaissance, and Operations Planning (SCENTDROP), recently
participated in the Fall 2024 National Cyber League (NCL) competition.
The NCL
competition, now in its eleventh year, annually sees more than 10,000 secondary
and post-secondary students participate individually and in teams in a
competitive online arena that simulates real-life cyber-threats. Challenges in NCL
include cryptography and password cracking, open-source intelligence gathering,
application exploitation, and web application attacks, among other areas.
The
Slabovian contingent captured 2175 points in the individual game, finishing
well within the top 500 competitors overall, and 2570 points in the team game,
placing them within the top 10% of competing teams.
His Royal
Majesty, King George 2.0, who spoke at MicroCon 2023 in Joliet, IL about
“Cyberwarfare as an Existential Threat to Micronations”, led the Slabovian
effort. An internationally recognized expert in cybersecurity, His Majesty
recently joined the faculty of City University of Seattle, where he will
lecture on this area to undergraduate and graduate students.
When
reached for comment, His Majesty stated, “In the modern, connected era,
cybersecurity touches almost everything we do. We are very proud of how
Slabovia performed in NCL, given that this was our first time competing, and We
expect even better results in future competitions.”
The NCL
Commissioner, David Zeichick, said, “The NCL Competition provides the opportunity
for students to gain mastery of practical skills through well-designed challenges,
covering the major aspects of computer
security.”
For more
information about National Cyber League, see https://nationalcyberleague.org/
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