RSU CyberCats Earn National Ranking in National Cyber League

Now in its second year, Rogers State University's cybersecurity team has received national ranking by the National Cyber League (NCL).

Based upon individual and team game scores in the fall 2024 semester, the cybersecurity team - the CyberCats - finished 78^th nationally out of 550 colleges and universities in the Cyber Power Rankings.

By semester's end, RSU fielded three teams with a total of 17 student in the competitions, with the "A" team placing in the top 5 percent and RSU ranking in the top 15 percent overall in NCL competitions, ranking higher larger schools such as Pennsylvania State University (ranked 79^th), the University of Idaho (ranked 81^st), New Mexico State University (ranked 83^rd), George Washington University (ranked 84^th) and Texas A&M University - San Antonio (ranked 88^th), among others.

CyberCats team members include Khai Nguyen, Courtney Townsend, Alyssa Allen, Sarah Karamitis, Sayre Bennett, Reece Dodosn, Colt Grubbs, Jacob Price, Luke Lawson, Ryder Stockholm, Eunice Murillo, Connor Dilks, Bailey Kleeman, Kamden Hooker, Marcus Fortkamp, Nghi Nguyen, and
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The National Cyber Leage (NCL) is an inclusive, performance-based, learning-centered collegiate cybersecurity competition. NCL is open to high school and college students and is a community and virtual training ground in which students hone their technical cybersecurity skills.

NCL competitions provide students with hands-on experience in solving real-world cybersecurity challenges, such as identifying hackers through forensic data, performing penetration testing and auditing vulnerable websites, recovering from ransomware attacks, and more.

Competition modules included "Open-Source Intelligence," "Cryptography," "Password Cracking," "Log Analysis," "Forensics," "Scannind and Reconnaissance," "Web Application Exploitation," and "Enumeration and Exploitation."

Rogers State University offers a Bachelor of Technology in applied technology - cybersecurity degree, which includes expertly designed cybersecurity courses, cutting-edge resources and career preparation in the fast-growing field of cybersecurity.

For more information, visit www.rsu.edu/BTcybersecurity.