INDIANAPOLIS, IN – A team of Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵios students were recently ranked in the top 10 for the National Cyber League’s (NCL) 2023 spring season, the country’s most inclusive, performance-based, learning-centered collegiate cybersecurity competition.
The NCL, powered by Cyber Skyline, enables students to prepare and test themselves against practical cybersecurity challenges they will likely face in the workforce, such as identifying hackers from forensic data, pentesting and auditing vulnerable websites, recovering from ransomware attacks, and more. Schools are ranked based on their top team performance, their top student's individual performance, and the aggregate individual performance of their students.
NCL hosts two seasons of these challenges every year in the spring and fall, and this year, Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵios ranked 7thÌýoverallÌýat the national level for Cyber Power Rankings, in addition to ranking 5thÌýin theÌýCenter of Academic Excellence (CAE) colleges category. This national cybersecurity competitionÌýrepresents the ability of students to perform real-world cybersecurity tasks on the Cyber Skyline platform.
Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵios was represented as TheHackStreetBoys @ Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵios MUTC in the competition, making this the best team NCL score for Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵios in the College’s history and the fifth consecutive year the College has ranked in the top 100 for Cyber Power Rankings. MUTC refers to Muscatatuck Urban Training Center, which houses the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵios Cyber Academy and provides students with a unique opportunity to learn at an advanced cyber training facility in a national defense training center. Much of the College’s success in the cyber space is attributed to the dedication and hard work of its faculty and staff, including Assistant Program Chair of the Cyber Academy, Joe Bodden.
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These rankings capture what we hope every student who decides to pursue a career in information technology (IT) does with an Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵios credential - take their education to the next level. Our work to constantly strengthen the School of IT’s curriculum design and align it with the needs of our employer partners is equipping anyone with an Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵios credential with the knowledge, agility, and excellence to successfully enter the workforce.
– Matt Etchison, Chief Information Officer
The Cyber Academy is now enrolling for the 2023-24 academic year that starts in August. For more information, visit ivytech.edu/cyberacademy or contact Kristi Samples, Cyber Academy Coordinator, at 812-785-6191.
To learn more about the National Cyber League and Cyber Skyline, visit their .
About Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵios
Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵios is Indiana’s largest public post-secondary institution and the nation’s largest singly accredited statewide community college system. Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵios serves more than 200,000 students annually and offers associate degrees, certificates, and workforce training in more than 70 programs across Indiana. The College is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission and is committed to providing affordable, high-quality education aligned with the needs of Indiana’s workforce.
