The US Cyber Games Season III team joined Battelle cyber experts at a spring training event in preparation for the International Cybersecurity Championship set to take place later this year in Santiago, Chile.
Twenty-eight athletes from the Season III team, generally between ages 18-24, took part in skill-building and team-building exercises over the course of the Feb 16-19 weekend at Battelle’s Chantilly, Virginia offices. Battelle sponsors the US Cyber Games Season III team, and the Battelle Cyber Innovations business line anticipates offering greater support as the athletes prepare for the global competition.
“The US Cyber Games are vital to helping train the next generation of cyber experts and building a workforce capable of tackling increasingly complex issues important to the nation and the world,” said Battelle’s Wren Sigrest, who directs Battelle’s Cyber Innovations business line. “We see a shortage in the number of individuals with skill sets necessary to operate in today’s cyber environment, so we are happy to support efforts such as the US Cyber Games.”
Battelle participants included Chris Issing, a Junior Tech Mentor and a regular competitor in past cyber games and former US Cyber Games – Season I athlete. Issing was part of the first-ever US Cyber Team to represent the nation at the International Cyber Security Challenge that took place in Athens, Greece in 2022. Battelle cyber co-op student, Dylan Knoff, is on the Season III team along with Gaelin Shupe, who recently interned with Battelle and is set to begin full-time in the Cyber business line this spring.
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