Resource database
Resource lists
Our resources are categorized into three categorizes – Competitions, Trainings/Educations, and Scholarships. Relevant information pertaining to items will be included within the list. These resources are available to everyone and are used as a reference for mentees.
Competition
Training
Scholarship
Outside Competitions
Expand and grow your skills outside Cx3 by competition in various types of cyber competitions.
CyberPatriot
CyberPatriot is the nation’s largest cyber defense competition that puts high school and middle school students in charge of securing virtual networks.
US Cyber Challenge
Through the US Cyber Challenge, students compete in a capture the flag competition against others within their region. Winners obtain scholarships and prizes.
CSAW CTF
Designed as an entry-level, jeopardy-style CTF, this competition is for students who are trying to break into the field of security, as well as for advanced students and industry professionals who want to practice their skills.
Conrad Challenge
Brings real-world solutions to life through student directed inquiry and supported collaboration.
CyberStart America
CyberStart America is a free immersive cybersecurity training game for HS students to discover their talent, advance their skills, and win cybersecurity scholarships.
NSA CodeBreaker
The Codebreaker Challenge consists of a series of tasks that are worth a varying amount of points based upon their difficulty. Students compete to complete as many challenges.
RedPwn CTF
An online, jeopardy-style competition that includes a wide variety of computer science and cybersecurity challenges such as binary exploitation, reverse engineering, cryptography, and web.
Technovation Challenge
Invites teams of young people from all over the world to learn and apply the skills needed to solve real-world problems through technology.
National Cyber League
A community and virtual training ground that allow students to develop and demonstrate their technical cybersecurity skills, helping students bridge the gap from curriculum to career.
PicoCTF
A safe and unique hands on experience where participants must reverse engineer, break, hack, decrypt, and think creatively and critically to solve the challenges and capture the flags.
Angstrom CTF
A CTF competition intended both for beginners and experienced CTFers and consists of questions ranging from simple to very difficult in various categories such as binary exploitation, cryptography, reverse engineering, and more.
eCyberMission
A web-based competition based on identifying problems in your community and using science or engineering to better understand them.
Get involved
Sharpen your skills and join a community of individuals striving to help youth explore the field of cyber sciences.
Training/Education
Continue growing your technical skills outside of Cx3 by checking out the following resources.
Materials
Cyber Academy
MITRE’s Cyber Academy aims to foster the education and collaboration of cyber enthusiasts.
Pwn College
A first-stage education platform for students to learn and practice core cybersecurity concepts in a hands-on fashion.
SANS Cyber Aces
Teaches the core concepts needed to assess, and protect information security systems.
Cybrary
Cybrary provides hands-on learning experiences through browser-based virtual labs, practice tests, and assessments.
TryHackMe
An online platform that teaches cyber security through short, gamified real-world labs.
HackTheBox
An online platform allowing you to test your penetration testing skills and exchange ideas and methodologies.
Game of Hacks
Tests your application hacking skills by presenting variosu vulnerable pieces of code.
Hacker High School
Curriculum that combines instruction written in narrative and practical exercises for cyber safety and cybersecurity.
Camps
GenCyber
Provide students with cybersecurity learning opportunities for in a standards-based and organized curriculum promoting the GenCyber Cybersecurity Concepts and/or First Principles, ethics, and online safety.
Girls Who Code
Teaches students the computer science skills they need to make an impact in their community while preparing for a career in tech. They’ll get exposure to tech jobs, meet women in tech careers, and join a supportive sisterhood of girls in tech.
Computer Science Summer Institute
Provides an intensive, interactive, and fun program that seeks to inspire the tech leaders and innovators of tomorrow by supporting the study of computer science, software engineering, and other closely-related subjects.
AFA Cyber
Designed for high school and middle school students who are just getting into cybersecurity or who have cybersecurity knowledge and want to learn more. Includes topics in Windows, Linux, and Networking.
Future Cybersecurity Leaders Exchange Program
A U.S. Embassy London funded program that will provides students with hands on and skill-based cybersecurity summer camp in the UK, and an introduction to cybersecurity challenges and meetings with US government agencies, universities/research institutions and private sector companies.
Rocket Girls
A unique cyber camp focused on cybersecurity and space that is hosted at the Kennedy Space center in Florida. It is three camp days plus time to travel and one day to explore.
Cyber Defense Training
Expand your knowledge of cybersecurity and gain practical skills through instruction by an experienced security professional. Students learn about career options in the field, take at least one field trip and hear from a variety of speakers to learn more about how to prepare to enter this exciting profession.
Kode with Klossy
Provides the opportunity to build real-life apps for those who have never written a line of code or those who are a full-fledged hacker.
Get INvolved
Sharpen your skills and join a community of individuals striving to help youth explore the field of cyber sciences.
Scholarships
Cybersecurity/Computer Science
| Name | Audience | Due Date | Amount | Link |
| (ISC)² Women’s Cybersecurity | HS Seniors | February | Varies | IAmCyberSafe |
| TrustVIP Women in Technology | HS Seniors | March | $2,500 | TrustVIP |
| (ISC)² Undergraduate | HS Seniors | March | Varies | IAmCyberSafe |
| Intertech STEM | HS Seniors | April | $2,500 | Intertech |
| Rural Tech Fund Cyber Security | HS Seniors | April | $1,000 | RuralTechFund |
| ESET Women in Cybersecurity | HS Seniors | May | $5,000 | ESET |
| SILA | HS Seniors | May | $1,000 | SILA |
| Evolve IP Cloud | HS Seniors | June | $1,500 | EvolveIP |
| National Videogame Museum Women in Technology | HS Seniors | June | $1,500 | NVM |
| Cyber Security | HS Seniors | July | $1,000 | Cyber-Security |
| Cyber Defense Awards Women in Cybersecurity | HS Seniors | July | $1,000 | Cyber Defense Awards |
| Harmony Tech Information Security | HS Seniors | August | $1,000 | Harmony Tech |
| National Security Agency Stokes | HS Seniors | October | Full ride | NSA |
| Electric IT | HS Seniors | November | $1,000 | Electric |
| Generation Google | HS Seniors | December | $10,000 |
STEM
| Name | Audience | Due Date | Amount | Link |
| South Dakota DakotaCorps | HS Seniors | February | Full ride | DakotaCorps |
| Avomeen Women in STEM | HS Seniors | April | $2,500 | Avomeen |
| Avomeen Minorities in STEM | HS Seniors | April | $2,500 | Avomeen |
| Great Minds in STEM | HS Seniors | May | Varies | GMIS |
| MyBioSource STEM | HS Seniors | June | $1,000 | MyBioSource |
| Ridgeline STEM | HS Seniors | June | $5,000 | Ridgeline |
| MalwareBytes STEM | HS Seniors | July | $10,000 | MalwareBytes |
| NextStepU STEM | 16-22 yr olds | September | $1,500 | NextStepU |
| Polychemistry Women in STEM | HS Seniors | September | $2,000 | Polychemistry |
| RevPart STEM | HS Seniors | December | Varies | RevPart |
| Girls Who STEM Women in STEM | HS Seniors | December | $500 | GWS |
Any Major
| Name | Audience | Due Date | Amount | Link |
| Foot Locker | HS Seniors | January | $20,000 | FootLocker |
| Sioux Valley Energy | HS Seniors | January | $1,000 | SiouxValleyEnergy |
| POET | HS Seniors | February | $5,000 | POET |
| Dakota State University | HS Seniors | March | Varies | DSU |
| Alliance Communications | HS Seniors | March | $1,000 | Alliance |
| ACF | Any HS | March | Varies | ACF |
| First Bank & Trust | HS Seniors | April | $1,000 | FirstBank&Trust |
| Brandon Valley Chamber | HS Seniors | April | Varies | BVChamber |
| Citi Youth Leadership | HS Seniors | April | $1,000 | HelplineCenter |
| Coca Cola | HS Seniors | October | $20,000 | CocaCola |
| Elks MVS | HS Seniors | November | Varies | Elks |
| Equitable Excellence | HS Seniors | December | Varies | EE |
| Burger King | HS Seniors | December | Varies | BurgerKing |
