Show off your skills and engage in CompTIA’s individual and team cybersecurity competitions.
CompTIA has partnered with National Cyber League powered by Cyber Skyline, to give our student members the opportunity to compete in virtual cyber competitions!
The NCL, powered by its partner Cyber Skyline, is a biannual cybersecurity competition for high school and college students consisting of hands-on, realistic, industry skill-based challenges across multiple learning domains, designed to test and build their cyber skills, such as:
More than 10,000 students from over 300 colleges and universities across the U.S. participate annually in NCL competitions.
Compete and show off your team's performance. * There is a 7-player max per team.
What you will learn:
The following table shows a high-level relationship between CompTIA cybersecurity certifications and each NCL skills category. Security+ covers all nine NCL skills categories.
NCL Skills Category | CompTIA certification where focused |
|---|---|
Open Source Intelligence | Security+, CySA+ |
Cyptography | Security+, CASP+ |
Password cracking | Security+, PenTest+, CASP+ |
Log analysis | Network+, Security+, CySA+ |
Network Traffic Analysis | Network+, Security+, CySA+ |
Wireless Access Exploitation | Security+, PenTest+ |
Web Application Exploitation | Security+, PenTest+ |
Scanning | Network+, Security+, PenTest+ |
Enumeration and Exploitation | Security+, PenTest+ |
By participating in cybersecurity competitions, like the National Cyber League (NCL) Games, students can prepare and validate their skills with practical challenges they will likely face in real-world cybersecurity roles. Players can also receive individualized, comprehensive feedback from the games that highlight their personal strengths within industry-relevant challenges. This feedback is a great resource for those entering the industry and is part of what helps competition participants stand out when seeking IT and cybersecurity jobs. READ MORE
Learn more about last year's Pilot Competition here!
Not a student member? Join now and take advantage of our full suite of benefits!
Contact Justin Valentine at justin.valentine@comptia.org.
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