Cyber security is one of the hottest tech jobs in a rapidly growing field with demand much higher than the current qualified workforce. SVGS is one of few schools in the western half of he state to offer a curriculum addressing this cutting edge technology.
This is a new SVGS class co-taught by John York, BRCC network engineer and Len Klein SVGS technology teacher. BRCC generously donated computers for a lab.
Fifteen SVGS seniors enrolled in the Computer Software Operations and Security Class have been introduced to information technology security skills such as networking, scripting, operating systems. They competed in the Cyber Aces competition sponsored by SANS in the Fall. All students place above the 75th percentile in this national competition. SVGS was the only school west of Richmond to participate in this contest. The following students placed above the 90th percentile nationally in the Cyber Aces Competition:Andy Vollmer, WMHS
Lizzie Jongeward, WHS
Ruth Clem, Lee
Robert Rizzo, Lee
Becca Wenger, FDHS
Paige Bellamy, Lee
Eighty six Virginia residents qualified and competed at the invitational Cyber Aces State Championship on March 2. High school students competed against college students, veterans, and job seekers. The championship event is a hands-on, real-world scenario game known as Net Wars requiring participants to use digital forensics and vulnerability assessments.The following students SVGS competed and performed well:
Ben Hackley, WHS
Devin Hoad, SDHS
Lizzie Jongeward, WHS
Robert Rizzo, Lee HS
Andy Vollmer, WMHS
Our students will also compete in other a Cyberdefense contest sponsored by Radford University on March 21 and recently competed in CyberPatriots competition. The contests are just fun ways to practice their skills.
For information, please see links to the following news articles:
Shenandoah Valley Governor's School 