[Infowarrior] - 8th Annual NSA Cyber Defense Exercise

[Richard Forno]

 Department of Defense, United States of America  NSA/CSS, Ft. Meade, MD
20755-6000

https://www.nsa.gov/releases/cdx.cfm

NSA PRESS RELEASE
17 April 2008
For further information, contact:
NSA Public and Media Affairs,
301-688-6524
8th Annual Cyber Defense Exercise

The National Security Agency/Central Security Service (NSA/CSS) Information
Assurance Directorate will host the 8th Annual Cyber Defense Exercise (CDX),
21-24 April 2008. Joining the five service academies this year will be teams
from the Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT) and a team from the Naval
Postgraduate School (NPS). Although the teams will participate in the
exercise, they will not be eligible to win the coveted CDX trophy. The teams
that will be competing for the trophy and bragging rights are the United
States Naval Academy (USNA), United States Air Force Academy (USAFA), United
States Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA), the United States Coast Guard
Academy (USCGA) and last year¹s winner, the United States Military Academy
(USMA). The teams will compete from their respective school locations;
however, the activities will be monitored from the exercise headquarters
located at the Lockheed Martin facility at 6625 Selnick Drive, Elkridge,
Maryland 21075.

The Cyber Defense Exercise is a computer security competition designed to
foster education and awareness among future military leaders about the role
of information assurance (IA) in protecting the nation¹s critical
information systems. The exercise challenges teams of students drawn from
each of the service academies with designing, building, and successfully
defending a real-world computer network against simulated intrusions by a
team of Department of Defense experts. The entire exercise is conducted on
virtual private networks, providing a safe path for the exercise while
preventing interference with real-world networks.

    * Journalists interested in covering the event are invited to attend CDX
Media Day on Thursday, April 24, 2008, from 10:00 am to 11:00 am.

    * Media representatives will be given access to interview service-member
participants and the spokesperson for the NSA/CSS Information Assurance
Directorate, Mr. Tony Sager.

    * Cameras are not permitted on the premises, but photographs will be
provided to media representatives who attend the CDX.

For more information about CDX 2008, contact the NSA/CSS Public and Media
Affairs Office.