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Cyber security engineering major competes at Deloitte CCI Cyber Camp

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Sophomore major Samantha Barry takes every chance she can get to expand and hone her cyber security and computer science skills.聽聽聽聽聽

So聽when she heard about Deloitte鈥檚 partnership with the (CCI) for the Deloitte CCI Cyber Camp, she jumped at the chance to compete, and she won third place for her efforts.聽聽聽

The Cyber Camp spanned across three Saturdays in July and August. 鈥淚 heard about it from Professor Peggy Brouse,鈥 says Barry. 鈥淚 figured it would be a good opportunity to learn about different fields in cyber security over the summer.鈥澛犅犅

Participants worked on 42 challenges that taught and tested skills in cyber analytics, network traffic analysis, reverse engineering, and cryptography. They also participated in resume workshops and mock interviews.聽聽聽

鈥淭he professional development workshops were very valuable and gave me a leg up before I start applying to internships,鈥 says Barry.聽聽聽

Barry鈥檚 favorite part of the entire camp was the cryptography challenges. CCI set up the challenges in a capture-the-flag format, and for the cryptography ones, students had to decipher codes at different levels of difficulty.聽聽聽

Barry finds cryptography interesting because of its ability to help people. Ever since she found an interest in programming and cyber security, she鈥檚 always wanted to use her skills to work in criminal justice. 鈥淲orking for the FBI is my dream job, one that I hope I can achieve after Mason,鈥 she says.聽聽聽

The other challenges in networking and cyber analytics were more challenging to Barry since she hadn鈥檛 been exposed to them as much. But she credits the Cyber Camp for showing her different possibilities in cyber security.聽聽聽聽聽

Fellow participants were from schools across the Commonwealth of Virginia like Northern Virginia Community college, Old Dominion University, Virginia Commonwealth University, Virginia Tech, and more.聽聽聽聽聽

The first and second place winners were both seniors; Jason Jabbour from the University of Virginia received first place, and Christian Jackson from Old Dominion University won second place.聽聽聽聽聽

鈥淚t was an honor to place in the Cyber Camp. There were a lot of great competitors,鈥 says Barry. She says she is also interested in possibly participating again in the Cyber Camp.聽聽聽

works to establish Virginia as a global leader in autonomous systems, security, and data. 亚洲AV is the leader of the Northern Virginia Node of CCI.聽聽