The Southeast Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition (SECCDC) is the Southeast U.S. qualifying event for the National Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition (NCCDC)– the largest college-level cyber defense competition in the world. SECCDC is hosted annually at Kennesaw State University in Kennesaw, GA. The 11th Southeast Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition was held on April 6-7, 2016. In June 2005, members of the Kennesaw State University’s Center for Information Security Education attended a presentation by the National Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition and recognized the value of the program. KSU immediately volunteered to create a similar event at KSU in 2006, to provide a regional competition to recognize the best team in the Southeast, and to work to sponsor that team to the National competition hosted by UTSA.
While similar to other cyber security competitions in many aspects, the SECCDC (like all events aligned with the NCCDC) focuses on the operational aspect of managing and protecting (defending) an existing network infrastructure. While other exercises examine the abilities of a group of students to design, configure, and protect a network over the course of an entire semester, this competition is focused on the more operational task of assuming administrative and protective duties for an existing commercial network. Teams are assessed based on their ability to detect and respond to outside threats, maintain availability of existing services such as mail servers and web servers, respond to business requests such as the addition or removal of additional services, and balance security needs against business needs.
The SECCDC is governed by a Board of Advisors which operates under a set of published bylaws. In March 2010, the bylaws were amended by the Board and all participating schools to enable KSU as the default venue for future SECCDC events.
Dates: April 6-7, 2016
Hosting Location: KSU, Kennesaw GA, Coles College of Business; Burruss Building
1st Place: University of Central Florida, Orlando FL
Coach: Dr. Tom Nedorost
Members:
Jonathan Lundstrom, Team Captain
Alexander Davis, Team Co-Captain
Carolyn Chenicek
Kevin Colley
Jonathan Haas
Heather Lawrence
David Maria
Matthew St. Hubin
2nd Place: Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw GA
3rd Place: University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte NC
Other Awards
Best in Defense: University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte NC
Best in Service: University of Central Florida, Orlando FL
Best in Business: University of Central Florida, Orlando FL
Other Competitors:
Mercer University, Macon GA
Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville TN
University of Florida, Gainesville FL
University of North Carolina at Wilmington, Wilmington NC
University of South Alabama, Mobile AL
Dates: April 7–8, 2015
Hosting Location: KSU, Kennesaw GA, Clendenin Computer Sciences Building
1st Place: University of Central Florida, Orlando FL
Coach: Dr. Tom Nedorost
Members:
Carlos Beltran, Team Captain
Jason Cooper, Team Co-Captain
Austin Brogle
Conner Brooks
Alexander Davis
Tyler Dever
Kevin DiClemente
Jonathan Lundstrom
2nd Place: University of South Florida, Tampa FL
3rd Place: University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte NC
Other Awards
Best in Defense: University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte NC
Best in Service: University of Central Florida, Orlando FL
Best in Business: University of Central Florida, Orlando FL
Other Competitors:
College of Charleston, Charleston SC
Georgia Regents University, Augusta GA
Montreat College, Montreat NC
Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville TN
University of North Carolina at Wilmington, Wilmington NC
Dates: March 31 – April 2, 2014
Hosting Location: KSU, Kennesaw GA, Clendenin Computer Sciences Building
1st Place: University of Central Florida, Orlando FL
Coach: Dr. Tom Nedorost
Members:
Carlos Beltran, Team Captain
Jason Cooper, Team Co-Captain
Austin Brogle
Alexander Davis
Kevin DiClemente
Grant Hernandez
Mark Ignacio
Troy Micka
2nd Place: University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte NC
3rd Place: Florida State University, Tallahassee FL
Other Awards
Best in Defense: University of Central Florida, Orlando FL
Best in Service: University of South Florida, Tampa FL
Best in Business: University of Central Florida, Orlando FL
Other Competitors:
Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw GA
Lipscomb University, Nashville TN
Middle Georgia State College, Macon GA
Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville TN
Dates: March 5–7, 2013
Hosting Location: KSU, Kennesaw GA, Clendenin Computer Sciences Building
1st Place: University of Central Florida, Orlando FL
Coach: Dr. Tom Nedorost
Members:
Jonathan Singer, Team Captain
Gaelan Adams, Team Co-Captain
Carlos Beltran
Austin Brogle
Grant Hernandez
Mark Ignacio
Troy Micka
Luis Sosa
2nd Place: University of North Carolina Wilmington, Wilmington NC
3rd Place: Florida State University, Tallahassee FL
Other Awards
Best in Defense: Clemson University, Clemson SC
Best in Service: University of Central Florida, Orlando FL
Best in Business: University of North Carolina, Charlotte NC
Other Competitors:
Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw GA
Mercer University, Macon GA
Southern Polytechnic & State University, Marietta GA
Dates: March 5–7, 2012
Hosting Location: KSU, Kennesaw GA, Clendenin Computer Sciences Building
Winner: University of North Carolina Charlotte, Charlotte NC
Coach: Tony Kombol
Members:
Joshua Schroder
Zack Mayo
Max Rogers
Michael Rosa
Doug Lilley
Ben Van Pelt
Luke Snyder
Daniel Colson
2nd Place: Mercer University, GA
3rd Place: Northern Kentucky University, KY
Other Awards
Best in Defense:
Best in Service:
Best in Business:
Other Competitors:
Auburn University Montgomery, AL
Clemson University, SC
Kennesaw State University, GA
Southern Polytechnic & State University, GA
University of Louisville, KY
University of North Carolina, Wilmington NC
Dates: March 8–10, 2011
Hosting Location: KSU, Kennesaw GA, Clendenin Computer Sciences Building
Winner: University of Louisville, KY
Other Awards
Best in Defense: University of Louisville, KY
Best in Service: University of Louisville, KY
Best in Business: University of Louisville, KY
Other Competitors:
Fountainhead College of Technology, TN
Kennesaw State University, GA
Mercer University, GA
Northern Kentucky University, KY
University of North Carolina, Charlotte, NC
Georgia Southern University, GA
Southern Polytechnic State University, GA
Tuskegee University, AL
University of South Florida, FL
Dates: March 10–12, 2010
Hosting Location: KSU, Kennesaw GA, Clendenin Computer Sciences Building
Winner: University of Louisville, KY
Other Competitors:
Chattanooga State Community College, TN
Fountainhead College of Technology, TN
Kennesaw State University, GA
Mercer University, GA
Northern Kentucky University, KY
University of North Carolina, Charlotte, NC
Dates:
Hosting Location: KSU, Kennesaw GA
Winner: University of North Carolina Charlotte, Charlotte NC
Coach: Tony Kombol
Members:
Captain: Andrew Falivene
Adam Wenner
Jonathan Blanton
Casey Jones
Merritt Tracy
Josh Schroeder
Thomas Pullen
Jonathan Peterson
Other Competitors:
Chattanooga State Technical College, TN
Kennesaw State University, GA
Mercer University, GA
Northern Kentucky University, GA
Southern Polytechnic and State University, GA
University of Louisville, KY
University of North Carolina, Charlotte
Dates:
Hosting Location: KSU, Kennesaw GA
Winner: University of Louisville, KY
Other Competitors:
Kennesaw State University, GA
Mercer University, GA
Southern Polytechnic and State University, GA
University of Alabama, Birmingham
University of Louisville, KY
University of North Carolina, Charlotte
Dates:
Hosting Location: University of North Carolina, Charlotte
Winner: University of Louisville, KY
Other Competitors:
Kennesaw State University, GA
Mercer University, GA
Mississippi State University
Southern Polytechnic and State University, GA
University of Louisville, KY
University of North Carolina, Charlotte
University of North Carolina, Wilmington
University of South Carolina
University of South Florida
Dates:
Hosting Location: KSU, Kennesaw GA
Winner: University of North Carolina Charlotte, Charlotte NC
Other Competitors:
Chattahoochee State Technical College, GA
Kennesaw State University, GA
Southern Polytechnic and State University, GA
University of Alabama, Birmingham
University of Louisville, KY
University of North Carolina, Charlotte
University of South Florida
The competition is held using a set of SECCDC Board of Directors' approved rules.
In 2015, The University of Central Florida team set a new service record for maintain 92% up-time. The previous service record of 89% up-time was also set by the University of Central Florida team in 2013. UCF went on to retain their national championship title by winning the 2015 National Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition.
In 2014, The University of Central Florida team advanced to win the National Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition. This was the 2nd time that a team from the SECCDC region has won the National Competition.
In 2013, the Fire Alarm on the final day caused the competition to end 1 hour early.
In the year 2011, three new award categories were added to the SECCDC: Best in Business, Best in Defense, and Best in Service. That year the team from the University of Louisville took home all three of the awards.
In 2011, A key logger that had been in use for 3 years on the windows machines was found by the University of Louisville team. They are the first to have done so.
In 2006, The University of North Carolina Charlotte was the first team from the SECCDC to win 1st place National CCDC, which was also the first year the event was held with only 4 teams competing at Nationals.
