Objective:
Students will form a team and use their collective knowledge and training to compete in the NCL Team Game.
Links:
Topics Discussed:
- Cyber Security
- National Cyber League
- NCL Spring Season
- Team Game
Assignment:
The Final Game: Team Game Play
Real-world cybersecurity work is often done in teams. The NCL Team Game provides a safe and challenging environment for players from the Individual Game to apply their knowledge and skills in a team setting.
The Team Game is where you compete with the other members of your team against all the other teams in NCL, even other teams from your school. Performance in the Team Game is used to calculate your school’s Cyber Power Ranking. You may receive assistance from members of your team but may not receive assistance from anyone else. No flag-sharing with other teams allowed. Each team may have up to 7 Student Players and do not need to be from the same school. Team Game roster sign up must be completed prior to the Team Game setup deadline.
The team game requires players to work together to solve real problems, with real deadlines, under time (and in some cases) technical and resource constraints.
All registered student players are eligible to play in the Team Game; Preseason participation is not required.
You will need to arrange and setup your own teams. As a coach, I have no involvement or ability to set up or configure teams. You can set up your team roster here. Setup must be completed by April 22nd at 9:59 AM Local Time or you will not be able to participate.
- Students who are creating a team can do so here: https://cyberskyline.com/events/ncl/register/team.
After they create the team, they will be given a link to give to players (up to 7) they want on their team. - Students who are joining a team will need to obtain the team joining link from the person who created the team. Once they visit the link and confirm, they will be part of the team.
- Students may form teams of up to 7 players. While students may form their own team and play the game solo, this is highly discouraged, as it will limit your ability to earn points, and will likely result in a poor grade for this final assessment project. Please complete your team setup by April 25th at 8:59 p.m. local time.
- The Team Game is a mandatory weekend game. The Team Game starts at 10:00 a.m. local time on Friday, April 22nd and ends at 6:00 p.m. local time on Sunday, April 24th.
- As in the Individual Game, you are urged to continue to advance through the challenges over the weekend. Do not forget that you can log into the NCL Stadium from any device with an Internet connection, and you may use the tools in the Kali Linux workstation provided at https://uscyberrange.org to solve the challenges.
- It is recommended that you continue with the competition over the weekend and get as far as you can to achieve the best results, especially if you did not participate in the Individual Game. This will be your last opportunity to receive points for participation in the NCL Competition.
Please mark your calendars, and plan and prepare accordingly as this Team Game will represent the final Assessment grade before the Final Exam for this final term.
Assigned: April 11th, 2022
Teacher Pacing Due Date: April 22nd, 2022