NSA Cyber Exercise (NCX) 2019
Our nation’s economy and security depend on a healthy functioning of cyberspace – the space where almost everything that facilitates our way of life occurs – from agriculture, water treatment, and telecommunications, to emergency services and the defense industrial base, plus so much more. The United States’ future cyber warriors and leaders must be prepared to operate in cyberspace – the new battlefield. To prepare them, the National Security Agency annually hosts the NSA Cyber Exercise – a three-day competition that educates, trains, and tests our future cyber warriors and leaders to defend our Nation’s cyber networks.
In 2019, cadets and midshipmen from the US. Service Academy at West Point, the US Naval Academy, the US Air Force Academy, the US Coast Guard Academy, and the Merchant Marine Academy. Each team competed in a series of simulated and scored scenarios, but only one academy walked away with the coveted National Security Agency’s Director’s Trophy.
Our nation’s economy and security depend on a healthy functioning of cyberspace – the space where almost everything that facilitates our way of life occurs – from agriculture, water treatment, and telecommunications, to emergency services and the defense industrial base, plus so much more. The United States’ future cyber warriors and leaders must be prepared to operate in cyberspace – the new battlefield. To prepare them, the National Security Agency annually hosts the NSA Cyber Exercise – a three-day competition that educates, trains, and tests our future cyber warriors and leaders to defend our Nation’s cyber networks.
In 2019, cadets and midshipmen from the US. Service Academy at West Point, the US Naval Academy, the US Air Force Academy, the US Coast Guard Academy, and the Merchant Marine Academy. Each team competed in a series of simulated and scored scenarios, but only one academy walked away with the coveted National Security Agency’s Director’s Trophy.
