Carnegie Mellon University
For Support Of PicoCTF
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Amount$60,000
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Program
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Date Awarded11/19/2018
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Term12 Months
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Type of SupportProject
Overview
Carnegie Mellon University’s (CMU) CyLab Security and Privacy Institute developed picoCTF, a free, online cybersecurity competition for middle and high school students worldwide. Since picoCTF’s launch in 2013, over 50,000 students from over 1,000 schools in at least 48 states and abroad have participated. By the end of the 10-day contest, participants are able to solve real cybersecurity problems similar to those dealt with by cybersecurity professionals today. With a particular focus on promoting diversity, CMU made the contest such that all that is required to play is a computer with an internet connection. This grant will help expand and further evolve the picoCTF program.
About the Grantee
Grantee Website
www.cmu.edu
Address
5000 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, United States
Grants to this Grantee
for cybersecurity dialogue between the NSA and civil society
A grant to Carnegie Mellon University’s Institute for Strategic Analysis will support a series of ongoing, in-person dialogues between senior National Security Agency (NSA) officials and cybersecurity experts from academia, think-tanks, and civil society on a range of policy topics. It will also fund a series one-day courses for senior NSA, defense, and intelligence officials that review cutting-edge cyber-oriented research across multiple disciplines, as well as Carnegie Mellon’s first interdisciplinary course on cybersecurity taught within its social sciences curriculum.
for cybersecurity dialogue between the NSA and civil society
A grant to Carnegie Mellon University’s Institute for Strategic Analysis will support a series of ongoing, in-person dialogues between senior National Security Agency (NSA) officials and cybersecurity experts from academia, think tanks, and civil society on a range of policy topics. It will also fund a series of one-day courses for senior NSA, defense, and intelligence officials that review cutting-edge cyber-oriented research across multiple disciplines, as well as Carnegie Mellon’s first interdisciplinary course on cybersecurity taught within its social sciences curriculum.
