Three members of the Tilson Technology Management team will be participating in the 3rd annual Northeast Regional CyberSecurity Defense Competition hosted at the University of Maine, Orono.

Joe Rizza, Jason Carpenter, and Michael Swartz from Tilson Technology will participate in the White Team, and be primarily responsible for competition judging and scoring.

Teams for this competition are assembled from schools such as the University of Maine, Alfred State College, Rochester Institute of Technology, Harvard University, Northeastern University, Champlain College, Polytechnic Institute of NYU, and Stevens Institute of Technology.

The three-day event begins on Friday, March 5, and continues through the weekend to test team's skills in securing various computers and network appliances while still maintaining business functionality.

The competition tests each student team’s ability to secure networked computer systems while maintaining standard business functionality. The scenario involves team members simulating a group of new employees that have been brought in to manage and protect the IT infrastructure at a small to medium sized IT services company/reseller. The teams are expected to manage the computer network, keep it operational, and control/prevent any unauthorized access. Each team will be expected to maintain and provide public services: a Web site, an e-mail server, a database server, an application server, and workstations used by simulated sales, marketing, and research staff.

In addition to the competition, participants will also attend a keynote address titled “Analysis of Cybersecurity Incidents in 2009,” presented by Nicholas J. Percoco, senior vice president of SpiderLabs Trustwave.

Winner of this competition will move on to the 2010 National Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition in San Antonio, TX, April 16-18, 2010.