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Top teams advance to CyberPatriotVIII National Competition

   FALLS CHURCH, Va., (GLOBE              ing environment but it’s addressing a        fundamental to creating a workforce         bersecurity event that will factor into the
NEWSWIRE) -- The Northrop Grum-           national imperative to build a qualified      that’s career-ready and prepared to take    teams’ cumulative scores.
man Foundation, presenting sponsor for    cyber workforce. We are so proud of          on the complex cyber threat. We are
CyberPatriot VIII, congratulates the top  all the students who participated this       thrilled to be a part of this STEM ini-        As a global provider of cybersecurity
25 high school and three middle school    year and especially pleased to spear-        tiative and congratulate our finalists as    solutions, Northrop Grumman is com-
teams advancing to the national finals     head this initiative, which is building a    they countdown to Competition Day.”         mitted to grooming tomorrow’s cyber
competition in Baltimore, April 12.       diverse pipeline of professionals ready                                                  workforce and is engaged in support-
                                          to protect our nation.”                         In its sixth year as presenting spon-    ing numerous cybersecurity education,
   This year’s finalists represent                                                      sor, the Northrop Grumman Founda-           training and technology initiatives. For
schools and other organizations              Exceeding all previous records, Cy-       tion and Northrop Grumman Corpo-            more information on Northrop Grum-
from California, Colorado, Florida,       berPatriot VIII marks a 55 percent in-       ration continue to devote time, talent      man in cyber, click here.
Iowa, Louisiana, Maryland, Massa-         crease in team registrations from last       and resources to support CyberPatriot.
chusetts, Missouri, New Jersey, Tex-      season’s CyberPatriot VII. Leading up        In addition to the foundation’s financial       Northrop Grumman and the
as, and Manitoba (Canada).                to the finals, participants competed in       support, Northrop Grumman commits           Northrop Grumman Foundation
                                          a series of increasingly difficult online      annual scholarship funds to the top win-    are committed to expanding and en-
   CyberPatriot is the National Youth     rounds where students were given a set       ning teams and contributes employee         hancing the pipeline of diverse, tal-
Cyber Education Program that aims         of virtual images that represent operat-     volunteers and mentors. The company         ented STEM students globally. They
to inspire students toward careers in     ing systems and were tasked with find-        also provides internships to CyberPatri-    provide funding to sustainable STEM
cybersecurity and other science, tech-    ing vulnerabilities and hardening the        ot competitors, as do other industry and    programs that span from preschool
nology, engineering and mathemat-         system while maintaining critical ser-       government organizations. Northrop          to high school and through collegiate
ics (STEM) disciplines critical to our    vices. Students competed from across         Grumman is also partnered with Cyber        levels, with a major emphasis on
nation’s future. Established by the       the U.S. and in other parts of the world     Security Challenge UK to bring Cyber-       middle school students and teachers.
non-profit Air Force Association, the      to be among the top finalists that receive    Patriot to the U.K. Known as CyberCen-      In 2015, Northrop Grumman and
program features the annual National      an all-expenses-paid trip to the CyberPa-    turion, this youth cyber defense compe-     the Northrop Grumman Founda-
Youth Cyber Defense Competition, cy-      triot National Finals in Baltimore.          tition is in its second year and will hold  tion continued education outreach
ber summer camps and an elementary                                                     its annual finals on April 26 in London.     efforts by contributing more than
school cyber education program.              “CyberPatriot is clearly resonat-                                                     $17 million to diverse STEM-related
                                          ing with youth and is providing an av-          Competition Day: The Teams will          groups such as the Air Force Asso-
   “CyberPatriothasproventobeawild-       enue to develop critical skills needed       compete face-to-face in a one-day event     ciation (CyberPatriot), Conservation
ly popular STEM initiative,” said San-    by employers worldwide,” said Diane          to defend virtual networks and mobile       International (ECO Classroom), the
dra Evers-Manly, president,Northrop       Miller, director, CyberPatriot Programs,     devices from a professional aggressor       REC Foundation (VEX Robotics),
Grumman Foundation, vice president,       Northrop Grumman. “These competi-            team. The finalists will also face-off in     National Science Teachers Associa-
Northrop Grumman Global Corpo-            tors are not only building technical skills  three additional competition compo-         tion and the National Action Coun-
rate Responsibility. “It started with     in cyber defense, but are also develop-      nents: the Cisco Networking Challenge,      cil for Minorities in Engineering. For
eight teams in 2009 and now we’re at      ing the soft skills of leadership, team-     the Leidos Digital Forensics Challenge,     more information, please visit www.
more than 3,000. CyberPatriot is not      work and communications that are             and Facebook will also be hosting a cy-     northropgrumman.com/foundation.
only providing a fun, hands-on learn-

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