UMBC CyberDawgs

Welcome

Welcome to the UMBC CyberDawgs homepage! We are a group of UMBC students who share a common interest in cybersecurity and good security practices in all aspects of computing.

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2024-2025 CyberDawgs Sponsorship Packet

Next Event

November 4th | Club Meeting | 7:15-8:15pm | ILSB 118
Topic: Protocol Analysis

How To Get Involved

You can do a few things to get involved with the club.

1. Join our Discord!
2. Follow our myUMBC page
3. Attend our weekly meetings
   • Meeting location for the Fall 2024 semester is ILSB 118 with a hybrid/virtual option on Webex
   • Meeting time is every Monday 7:15pm - 8:15pm
   • Meeting Slides and Recordings will be shared (when possible)
4. Checkout the calendar

Meetings

We hold general club meetings every Monday from 7:15 to 8:15 PM in ILSB 118. We encourage anyone who wants to learn more about cyber security and develop skills in the field to attend our meetings. If you’re new to cyber or computing security, no worries, you can still come. Although cybersecurity can be difficult at times, it’s nowhere near as hard as some people say, so don’t be scared away or discouraged.

No prior experience is required to attend or participate in our meetings.

What To Expect From A Meeting:

• An environment conducive to learning relevant tools and techniques
• A place to meet like-minded students and discuss all things cyber and computing security

Our meetings vary in subject material from week to week. If you want to learn more about specific topics, please email our club secretary. If you would like to present a talk or teach a new skill, please email our club president.

Club Events

Along with our normal club meetings, we also provide great opportunities for individuals interested in learning about and participating in cyber-related competitions. Here’s what we’re doing:

• We host two CTF (Capture the Flag) events at UMBC every year:
  • DawgCTF Open to all UMBC students of all skill levels. Held during the Spring semester.
  • CyberPaws CTF Open to our club members; aimed at beginners. Challenges are released weekly during the Fall/Spring semester.

• We host a Cyber Defense Exercise (CDE) each Fall. CDE is a Red/Blue cyber defense exercise. It is open to all UMBC students and is a great opportunity to learn more about cyber security and cyber competitions. We strongly recommend participating so you can get a taste of the competition environment, in case you’d like to try out for the team.

• To break from the technical jargon, we hold a Cyber Movie Night once each semester during a club meeting. We offer free pizza, popcorn, and drinks. These nights are great for hanging out with fellow club members and relaxing from the stress of school.

• Finally, we host an End-of-Semester Celebration, each Spring and Fall, for all UMBC students to attend and take a break before exams. We provide pizza, drinks, and candy as well as music and games. We also announce winners of our CTFs and hand out prizes!

Cyber Competition Team

Some of our club members try out for and compete together on a collegiate cyber security competition team. We compete under the same “CyberDawgs” name.

Planned Competitions

• DoE Cyberforce
• CSAW CTF
• MACCDC
• ISTS
• NCL
• MDC3
• Miscellaneous CTFs

Team Competition History and Highlights

2024
Mid Atlantic CCDC: 5^th Place
ISTS: 8^th Place
Association of Old Crows’s CEMA CTF: 1^st and 2^nd Place
AFCEA TechNet CTF: 6^th Place
CSAW Quals: 35^th Place (US-Canada), 116^th overall
DoE Cyberforce: Upcoming

2023
CSAW Quals: 37^th Place (US-Canada), 120^th overall
ICL Collegiate Cup Finals: 17^th
DoE Cyberforce: 11^th Place

2022
Mid Atlantic CCDC: 7^th Place
ISTS: 8^th Place
DoE Cyberforce: 18^th Place

2021
Mid Atlantic CCDC: 1st Place, advanced to national CCDC
National CCDC: 7^th Place
ISTS: 4^th Place

2020
Mid Atlantic CCDC: 1^st Place, advanced to national CCDC
National CCDC: 5^th place
SANS NetWars Tournament of Champions: First Timers 1^st Place

2019
Mid Atlantic CCDC: 5^th Place
ISTS: 1^st Place
DoE Cyberforce: National 1^st Place
Boston Marathon: Qualifier and Finisher

2018
Mid Atlantic CCDC: 2nd Place
CSAW Quals: 10^th Place (undergrad, North America), 37^th overall, qualified for North American finals
CSAW Finals: 10^th Place in US-Canada, 27^th overall
DoE Cyberforce: Brookhaven 1^st Place, 12^th overall

2017
Mid Atlantic CCDC: 1^st Place, advanced to national CCDC
National CCDC: 1^st Place
CSAW Finals: 7^th Place in North America, 11^th overall
CSAW Quals: 9^th place (undergrad, North America), 46^th overall, qualified for North American finals

2016
Mid Atlantic CCDC: 4^th Place
CSAW Quals: 16^th (undergrad, North America)

2015
Mid Atlantic CCDC: 1^st Place, advanced to national CCDC
National CCDC: 4^th Place
Maryland Cyber Challenge & Competition (MDC3): 1^st Place

Contact Information

Board

President: William Brooks (wbrooks1 @ umbc.edu)
Vice President: Isaiah Roland-Reid (i27 @ umbc.edu)
Treasurer: Michael Mayhugh (mmayhug1 @ umbc.edu)
Secretary: Jonathan West (jwest5 @ umbc.edu)

Honorary Board

Chief Historical Officer: Sophia Hamer (chamer1 @ umbc.edu)
Principal Infrastructure Engineer: Kevin Chen (kevin.chen @ umbc.edu)

UMBC Liaisons

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Charles Nicholas (nicholas @ umbc.edu)
Professor, Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering
Affiliate Professor, Department of Information Systems
Director, Graduate Computer Science Programs

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Richard Forno (rforno @ umbc.edu)
Principal Lecturer, Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering
Director, Graduate Cybersecurity Programs
Assistant Director, UMBC Center for Cybersecurity

Office of Institutional Advancement (Corporate Partnerships): Caroline Baker (cbaker @ umbc.edu) /

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