Interested in practicing your developing cyber skills in a fun, competitive environment? Consider joining our Bellevue University National Cyber League Team. The competition is called a capture the flag as you are using various cybersecurity skills to find ‘flags’ or hidden items of information.  The challenges may have to do with open source intelligence, scanning, enumeration and exploitation, log and traffic analysis, wireless security, cryptography, forensics, and web application security.  Prior experience is not a necessity and in fact this is a great way to bring together many of the aspects of what you have learned through the program.  There will be an individual practice game and an individual and team orientated competitions.  You can participate online regardless of your location.  You should plan on committing several hours a week (at least 4-8) to competing and training. Competitions usually go over a weekend and are done as an open time block.  You need to be able to put in at least 6-8 hours of time during that block (plan on dedicating a day or more for a competition). You can find out more about the league here https://www.nationalcyberleague.org 

The practice gym is open now so you can start training and we will start video meet-ups soon. Our practice game starts on October 13th and runs for one week to give you a chance to try out the various challenges. The individual game runs October 24-26 and the team game is November 7 – 9. Our team finished #24th in the nation last season and we are looking to better that this year with your help.

The College of Science and Technology will pay for registration of a limited number of players so if you are interested and ready to dedicate some time contact Professor Rausch, drausch@bellevue.edu if you have further questions or begin your registration here:  https://forms.office.com/r/WxyhdB5an7  

Interested in increasing your cyber skills in a fun, competitive environment with your classmates as well as universities from across the nation? If so consider joining our National Cyber League (NCL) Team. The NCL competition is called a capture the flag as you are using various cybersecurity skills to find ‘flags’ or hidden items of information.  The challenges may have to do with open source intelligence, scanning, enumeration and exploitation, log and traffic analysis, wireless security, cryptography, forensics, and web application security.  Prior experience is not a necessity and in fact this is a great way to bring together many of the aspects of what you have learned through the program.  There will be an individual practice game and an individual and team orientated competitions.  You can participate online regardless of your location.  You should plan on committing several hours a week (at least 4-8) to competing and training. Competitions usually go over a weekend and are done as an open time block.  You need to be able to put in at least 6-8 hours of time during that block (plan on dedicating a day or more for a competition). You can find out more about the league here https://www.nationalcyberleague.org 

The practice gym is open now so you can start training and we will start video meet-ups soon. Our practice game starts on March 31st and runs for one week to give you a chance to try out the various challenges. The individual game runs April 11^th – 13th and the team game is April 25 – 27.

The College of Science and Technology will pay for registration of a limited number of players so if you are interested and ready to dedicate some time contact Professor Rausch, drausch@bellevue.edu if you have further questions or register here:  https://forms.office.com/r/rEnR6Kuju0

The Bellevue University National Cyber League team was ranked #56 in the nation following the completion of the Fall 2024 season competing against more than 9,260 students from 550 colleges and universities. This ranking also placed us #15 in the Central Division and #41 amongst competing NCEA schools.  These rankings represent the ability of students to excel in categories such as the use of open source intelligence, log analysis, web and application exploitation and reverse engineering, password cracking, forensics, traffic analysis, and cryptography. Schools are ranked based on their top team performance, their top student’s individual performance, and the aggregate individual performance of their students.

Bellevue University media release: https://news.bellevue.edu/bellevue-university-cyber-league-team-earns-national-recognition-in-fall-2024-competition

We will begin our spring season at the beginning of February so watch this space for announcement of sign-ups.

Hey Cybersecurity Students – If you are interested in honing your cybersecurity skills in a competitive environment and adding some hands on experience to your resume this is for you!

Our nationally ranked Bellevue University National Cyber League is gearing up for our fall season and we are looking for players.  Team members have a great time putting their skills to the test in both the individual and team events such as cryptography, password cracking, traffic and log analysis, web application security, and others.  We start our league soon so we are forming our team now.  You can find out about the league here https://www.nationalcyberleague.org  We’ll have practice sessions and you will compete in a preseason, individual, and team games.  Our season is starting now and runs through Nov 10th.  If interested contact Prof Rausch (drausch@bellevue.edu) for more information.  The College of Science and Technology is covering a limited number of entry fees so your only investment is your time.  We have a limited number of spots so let us know your interest now.  

Web exploitation, cryptography, log analysis, password cracking, Open-Source Intelligence, reverse engineering, forensics – super critical skills if you are a cybersecurity professional. The challenge is how to build and maintain these hands-on skills in an engaging environment regardless of your experience level. A method that has been highly successful and Bellevue University is participation in the National Cyber League. The National Cyber League, or NCL, is a Capture the Flag competition more commonly known as a CTF. In a CTF players solve challenges in various categories and are awarded flags. The team with the most flags at the end of the competition wins.  Nationwide 8,580 students from 510 colleges and universities participated in this most recent season. The 26 students who were members of the Bellevue University NCL team finished the season ranked #26 in the Nation, up from the #50 ranking the previous season. The team received congratulatory letters from both Nebraska Governor Jim Pillen and Congressman Mike Flood for their efforts. 

The Bellevue team is currently gearing up for the Spring season of NCL and is looking for students in cybersecurity and related programs who want to grow their skills. No prior CTF experience is required, and training sessions are held throughout the season.  You can find out about the league at https://www.nationalcyberleague.org.  In addition to the practice sessions players will compete in preseason, individual, and team games.  The season runs through April 21st.  If interested contact Prof Douglas Rausch (drausch@bellevue.edu) for more information.    

Hey Cybersecurity Students – If you are interested in honing your cybersecurity skills in a competitive environment and adding some hands on experience to your resume this is for you!

Our nationally ranked Bellevue University National Cyber League is gearing up for our fall season and we are looking for players.  Team members have a great time putting their skills to the test in both the individual and team events such as cryptography, password cracking, traffic and log analysis, web application security, and others.  We start our league soon so we are forming our team now.  You can find out about the league here https://www.nationalcyberleague.org  We’ll have practice sessions and you will compete in a preseason, individual, and team games.  Our season is starting now and runs through Nov 5th.  If interested contact Prof Rausch (drausch@bellevue.edu) for more information.  The College of Science and Technology is covering a limited number of entry fees so your only investment is your time.  We have a limited number of spots so let us know your interest now.  

Hey Cybersecurity Students – If you are interested in honing your cybersecurity skills in a competitive environment and adding some hands on experience to your resume this is for you!

Our nationally ranked Bellevue University National Cyber League is gearing up for our spring season and we are looking for players.  Team members have a great time putting their skills to the test in both the individual and team events such as cryptography, password cracking, traffic and log analysis, web application security, and others.  We start our league soon so we are forming our team now.  You can find out about the league here https://www.nationalcyberleague.org  We’ll have practice sessions and you will compete in a preseason, individual, and team games.  Our season is starting now and runs through April 16th.  If interested contact Prof Rausch (drausch@bellevue.edu) for more information.  The College of Science and Technology is covering a limited number of entry fees so your only investment is your time.  We have a limited number of spots so let us know your interest now.  

The NSA Codebreaker Challenge is an opportunity for students to develop and test their low level analysis and reverse engineering skills on a realistic scenario. This year scenario is to help a US company which has been crippled by a ransomeware attack. Your mission is to investigate the attack and discover the tools and techniques used, unravel and expose a Ransomeware-as-a-Service ring, and to recover the victim’s files. You will utilize skills in the following areas:

• Log Analysis
• Computer Forensics
• Packet Analysis
• Web Analysis
• Reverse Engineering
• Web Hacking
• Cryptography
• Cryptoanalysis
• Software Development

Each year Bellevue University has several students participate in the NSA Codebreaker challenge, is this year your year to participate? More information and register here: https://nsa-codebreaker.org/home