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Summer CyberCamp 2025
We are collaborating with Westview High School to provide AFA CyberPatriot CyberCamps during the summer time. We are Oregon Champions.
Register:
Register for 2025 Summer CyberCamp.
(Please note, when you pay through zeffy, set the optional fee to $0. We are not receiving these optional fees. Therefore, we cannot refund you these fees in case a refund occurs.)
It is 100% refundable if you decided to withdraw before June 1st, 2025. After June 1st, no refund will be given.
Schedule:
Standard Camp: July 7 to July 11, 2025
Advanced Camp: July 14 to July 18, 2025
Time: 9am to 3pm (PDT)
Lunch break (Mon, Tue, Wed, Thur): 11:30am to 12:15pm (PDT)
Lunch break (Friday): 12:30pm to 1:15pm (PDT)
Location:
Online: Zoom Meeting
Cost for the camp:
Donation to Master Builders Club:
Standard Camp: $300 by April 30th ($350 starting May 1st)
Advanced Camp: $400 by April 30th ($500 starting May 1st)
Both Camps: $650 by April 30th ($800 starting May 1st)
(Students with financial difficulties can apply for scholarship.)
Minimum Hardware requirement:
Intel/AMD Quad core computers with internet connection, and at least 16GB of memory (RAM) and 100GB free SSD harddrive space.
(Costco has qualified laptop at $700 and up. Amazon has qualified renewed laptop at less then $300, but YMMV.)
However, Apple M series computer will not work directly. If you only have apple computer, we can convert the virtual images for you at an extra cost.
Curriculum:
Standard Camp:
Standard camps are designed to teach beginner students the basics of cybersecurity. No prior cybersecurity knowledge is required for participants. The following is an outline of the curriculum for the Standard CyberCamp.
Windows 10 Module – Security Policies, Account Management, File Protections, Auditing & Monitoring.
Mint (Linux) Module – Terminology & Concepts, Basic User Interface Security, Basic Command Line, Intermediate Security
Monday: Introduction to the CyberPatriot National Youth Cyber Defense Competition, introduction to cybersecurity & careers, cyber ethics, online safety, how computers work, virtual machines, and cyber threats.
Tuesday: Cybersecurity principles, basic Windows security policies and tools, account management, windows file protections, and auditing and monitoring. Students will follow along and work with the Windows 10 demonstration image.
Wednesday: Introduction to Linux, Mint terminology and concepts, basic GUI security, and intro to CLI. Students will follow along and work with the Mint demonstration image.
Thursday: Basic command line security and intermediate Mint security. Students will follow along and work with the Mint demonstration image.
Friday: CyberPatriot competition day. Students will compete against their fellow campers on Windows 10 and Mint competition images.
Advanced Camp:
The Advanced Camp curriculum is designed to allow instructors to pick and choose which areas of interests their students might best learn from. There is more information made available than will fit in a four-hour camp day – instructors have the option to pick the topics which are best suited for their session. Friday must be reserved for the CyberPatriot competition.
Windows 10 Module – Windows Graphical Utilities, Windows Command Line, optional Sysinternals Suite.
Mint (Linux) Module – Init Systems, Advanced Command Line, Processes and Scheduled Tasks, optional Security Policies and PAM, optional Networking.
Cisco NetAcad – Networking Modules 1-3.
Monday: Cyber Ethics Module, Windows 10 Module
Tuesday: Windows 10 Module, Mint
Wednesday: Mint Module
Thursday: Cisco Networking
Friday: CyberPatriot competition day. Teams of students compete against each other on advanced Windows 10 and Mint images.
Contact us:
Coach: Xinle Yang
Email: titanturtlesteam@gmail.com
For those who already registered, we will send out emails about how to download images and how to prepare for the camps when the camp time approaches.