After placing first in the last two Pacific Rim Collegiate Cyber Defense Competitions (PRCCDC) and competing in the National Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition (NCCDC) last year, the UW CSE team is looking to add a few members to its ranks for the 2010 competition.
Despite what you might think, you don’t need to have studied “computer security” to be valuable to the team. We’re looking for two to three non-senior undergrads who have experience in system administration (ESPECIALLY Windows * > 2000), network configuration (Cisco IOS a very big plus), web server (LAMP/IIS) administration, and/or a solid knowledge of security-related tools (nmap, metasploit, ettercap, nessus, Backtrack distros, etc). The learning curve tends to be steep for everyone, so most importantly we’re looking for people who are stoked about security and want to learn more. You don’t have to be l337, you just have to be willing to work toward it 🙂
We ask for a time commitment of around 2-4 hours/week, with that increasing as the competition nears in late March. If you’re interested, email secdef@cs.washington.edu and we’ll set up a time to chat. You can also stop by the SecDef lab in CSE 003D @ 5:30 on Tuesday to see what we do and find out more.
Thanks!
CSE Security Competition Team