MCLEAN, Va., March 17, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Northrop
Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) is helping tomorrow's cyber
defenders further their education by awarding nearly $50,000 in scholarships to high school students
on the winning teams of the CyberPatriot VII National Finals
Competition.
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Winners were announced during the CyberPatriot VII Awards
Banquet March 14 at the Gaylord
National Resort and Convention Center in National Harbor,
Maryland, following a daylong
competition on March 13. The Northrop
Grumman Foundation is the presenting sponsor of CyberPatriot, the
National Youth Cyber Education program created by the Air Force
Association (AFA). A full list of winning teams from the cyber
defense competition is as follows:
Open Division:
National Champion: Team CyberSloths, Grissom High School, Huntsville, Ala.; National Champion Runner-Up:
Team Azure, North Hollywood High School, North Hollywood, Calif.; Third Place: Team
Sudo, Summit Technology Academy, Lee Summit, Missouri.
All Service Division:
National Champion: Team Marine Raiders, Montachusett Regional
Technical School, Fitchburg,
Mass.; National Champion Runner-Up: T34m B1g S10ux, Big
Sioux Composite Squadron, Brookings,
South Dakota; Third Place: Team Left Coast, Fort Fisher
Division, San Diego, Calif..
Middle School Division:
National Champion: Team 1, Nysmith School for the Gifted,
Herndon, Va.; National Champion
Runner-Up: Team Food Fighters, Markham
Place School, Little Silver,
N.J.; Third Place: Team Flaming Octopuses,
Markham Place School, Little Silver, N.J..
Northrop Grumman collectively committed $48,000 to the winning competitors from the high
school divisions. First place winners were each awarded
$2,000, second place winners awarded
$1,500 and third place winners
awarded $1,000. This is the fifth
year Northrop Grumman has provided scholarship funds, committing
more than $250,000 in total
scholarship funds over this period.
"We're making cyber education as accessible as possible by
providing opportunities for a broad range of students because the
best solutions to complex problems are developed by a highly
diverse workforce," said Diane
Miller, director, CyberPatriot programs, Northrop Grumman.
"We are so proud of the students' accomplishments and are thrilled
to be able to assist in helping tomorrow's cyber defenders further
their education goals. We wish them continued success and look
forward to their contribution to keeping our global networks
safe."
"CyberPatriot has proven that it's got what it takes to generate
excitement among students for a career in cybersecurity," said
Sandra Evers-Manly, vice president,
Global Corporate Responsibility and president of the Northrop
Grumman Foundation. "AFA has been a phenomenal partner that's
dedicated themselves to building a program that's spurring on a
whole new generation of cyber pros to address a critical global
need. Congratulations to everyone who participated; we challenge
AFA to again break its own record and see even more students
take-on the challenge in CyberPatriot VIII."
This year's CyberPatriot VII National Finals Competition
featured 28 high school and middle school teams, representing the
top one percent nationwide, who competed to defend virtual networks
and mobile devices from a professional aggressor team. The
competition drew a record 2,175 teams, a 40 percent increase over
last year. There was representation from all 50 states, the
District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Canada and U.S. Department of Defense
Dependent Schools in both Europe
and the Pacific.
In its fifth year as presenting sponsor, the Northrop Grumman
Foundation and Northrop Grumman Corporation continue to devote
time, talent and resources to support this critical STEM
initiative. This month, the foundation extended its support through
CyberPatriot XI (2019) with a $5.4
million grant to the AFA.
Northrop Grumman is a leading global security company providing
innovative systems, products and solutions in unmanned systems,
cyber, C4ISR, and logistics and modernization to government and
commercial customers worldwide. Please visit
www.northropgrumman.com for more information.
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