http://gcn.com/articles/2009/03/30/cyber-defense-competition.aspx By William Jackson GCN.com March 30, 2009 It wasn’t all bad news for the University of Pittsburgh over the weekend. “I’m happy to say Pittsburgh fared far better in the Regional Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition than they did against Villanova in [men's] basketball,” said Ron Knode, one of the organizers of the Mid-Atlantic regional contest. Pittsburgh’s 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. Pittsburgh’s 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 Antonio’s Center for Infrastructure Assurance and Security. This year’s finals will be held April 17-19. [...] _______________________________________________ Best Selling Security Books and More! http://www.shopinfosecnews.org/Received on Tue Mar 31 2009 - 01:06:21 PDT
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