麻豆传媒在线 student teams demonstrated strong technical ability and collaboration, earning first place and third place among dozens of competing teams. This marks a significant improvement from the University鈥檚 fourth place finish at the same event in 2025, reflecting the continued growth of the university鈥檚 hands on cybersecurity education and experiential learning programs. The teams competed across challenges in network defense, forensic analysis, and web exploitation areas identified as critical skill gaps in the national cybersecurity workforce.

Student Teams and Placements

The Hawkers – First Place

• Samuel Reyes
• Edwin Benitez
• James Barrera
• 滨蝉濒补尘听厂补濒补丑
• Temi Salami

CyberHawks – Third Place

• Dina Mansour
• Fernanda Castro
• Krishita Vaghani
• Tushar Moradiya
• Benita Prince

Multiple teams of students were organized, trained, and mentored by Ramy Othman, Assistant Director of Technology and Infrastructure in the College of Science and Mathematics. Othman prepared the students through hands-on workshops in applied cybersecurity techniques, including network traffic analysis, vulnerability assessment, and forensic investigation leveraging the university鈥檚 dedicated Cybersecurity and AI research labs, which he built and manages. These labs provide students with enterprise-grade computing and give them direct experience with the tools used in industry and government cybersecurity operations.

The university鈥檚 participation was coordinated in collaboration with the ISC2 New Jersey Chapter, with Darryl Carpenter helping facilitate the team鈥檚 engagement with the event.

Team Members

• Darryl Carpenter
• Anower Zihad
• Vinod Gurram
• Mohd Abdul Subhan
• Harika Koduri

The team was guided and supported by Ramy Othman, Assistant Director of Technology and Infrastructure in the College of Science and Mathematics. Ramy, an alumni of聽 helped the students with the competition and strengthened their cybersecurity problem-solving skills.