Northeast Lakeview College Ranked #11 in National Hacking Competition

Thirty-two Northeast Lakeview College Cyber Defense students, led by faculty members Ell Marquez and Sean Sexton, recently competed in the National Cyber League hacking competition. Students had fifty-six hours over a single weekend to solve as many challenges as possible. Challenges included open-source intelligence (OSINT), Cryptography, Password Cracking, Digital Forensics, Network Traffic Analysis, and Log Analysis. Notably, John Boekhout and Brandon Bruce, both first-year Cyber Defense Students, placed in the top 1% of 7,875 competitors.

NLC students formed four (4) teams to compete against 4,214 other teams from colleges, universities, and graduate schools across the nation. The top team ranked #30 overall with multiple Top 100 rankings across the nine categories. Overall, Northeast Lakeview College was ranked #11 among NSA-CAE Designated colleges and #5 in the Central Region.

“The NLC Cyber Defense program prepares our students to compete against and beat four-year university teams and graduate students from across the country,” says Isaac (Chip) Thornsburg, Program Coordinator. “This demonstrates our students' dedication to developing technical skills, critical thinking, and the ability to work as a team to overcome any challenge. “ Learn more about the Northeast Lakeview College Cyber Defense program at https://www.alamo.edu/nlc/cyberdefense