[ISN] Cybersecurity challenge down to an elite eight

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http://gcn.com/articles/2009/03/30/cyber-defense-competition.aspx

By William Jackson
GCN.com
March 30, 2009

It wasnât all bad news for the University of Pittsburgh over the 
weekend.

âIâm happy to say Pittsburgh fared far better in the Regional Collegiate 
Cyber Defense Competition than they did against Villanova in [men's] 
basketball,â said Ron Knode, one of the organizers of the Mid-Atlantic 
regional contest.

Pittsburghâs cyber defense team will be advancing to the national 
competition next month at the University of Texas at San Antonio, 
beating out George Washington University, James Madison University and 
the defending regional champ, and the Community College of Baltimore 
County.

Pittsburghâs number-one ranked men's basketball team fell over the 
weekend to No. 3 Villanova, 78-76. Villanova advances to the men's 
basketaball Final Four.

The National Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition (NCCDC) is March 
Madness for geeks, with teams in eight regional competitions vying for 
the right to go to the NCCDC, a three-day event hosted by the UT- San 
Antonioâs Center for Infrastructure Assurance and Security. This yearâs 
finals will be held April 17-19.

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