Athlete Application
Test your skills and abilities in this ten-day-long Capture-the-Flag competition. The CTF is open to all skill levels and will allow you to put your knowledge to the test on cryptography, forensics, reverse engineering / binary exploitation, networking, web, and reconnaissance.
Apply to play in the US Cyber Open CTF Challenge.
Coach Application
While education, certification, and apprenticeship are important training instruments, cyber gamification is also an effective way to develop a diverse and well-qualified community of cybersecurity talent. Cyber games have a proven history of sharpening workforce talent and creating disruptive innovations.
Apply to coach the Season II US Cyber Team.
Call for Athletes and Coaches Opens
Athletes
Cybersecurity skills are in huge demand in the workplace. If you’re interested in seeing how well you’re prepared to join one of the hottest job areas, apply to compete in the US Cyber Open and request to be invited to the US Cyber Combine. You could make the Season II US Cyber Team and compete on a global level.
Coaches
As an expert in cybersecurity, we’re looking to you and the coaching staff to guide our cyber athletes across multiple domains and cybersecurity topic areas as well as teamwork, problem-solving, communicating, and leading. Through your leadership, you will cultivate a new game-based learning and development strategy that will prepare the US Cyber Team for global competition and help build tomorrow's cybersecurity workforce.
Call for Coaches Deadline to Apply
June 3, 2022, 11:59 PM ET
As an expert in cybersecurity, we’re looking to you and the coaching staff to guide our cyber athletes across multiple domains and cybersecurity topic areas as well as teamwork, problem-solving, communicating, and leading. Through your leadership, you will cultivate a new game-based learning and development strategy that will prepare the US Cyber Team for global competition and help build tomorrow's cybersecurity workforce.
US Cyber Open Virtual Kick-Off Event
June 30, 2022
11:00 AM–5:00 PM ET
This LIVESTREAM event will include:
- Information about the US Cyber Games & first-ever US Cyber Team
- Highlights from the 2022 International Cybersecurity Competition
- Panel discussions on gaming, pathways to cyber, and high-performing teams
- Information on the CTFs you will be playing
US Cyber Open CTF
July 1–10, 2022
Deadline to register to play is July 4, 2022, 11:59 PM ET
US Cyber Combine Virtual Kick-Off Event
July 28, 2022
2:00 PM–4:30 PM ET
This LIVESTREAM event will include:
- Highlights from the US Cyber Open CTF
- An introduction to the Season II Coaching Team and Support Crew
- An industry keynote and panel discussion
US Cyber Combine Invitational
August 5–September 5, 2022
By Invitation Only
US Cyber Team Draft Day
October 17, 2022
We're planning something incredible and will share more information the closer we get to the event date.
