{"id":232390,"date":"2026-06-16T05:31:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T09:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/16\/kinston-native-places-second-in-cybersecurity-competition-neuse-news\/"},"modified":"2026-06-16T05:35:45","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T09:35:45","slug":"kinston-native-places-second-in-cybersecurity-competition-neuse-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/16\/kinston-native-places-second-in-cybersecurity-competition-neuse-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Kinston native places second in cybersecurity competition \u2014 Neuse News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.neusenews.com\/index\/2026\/6\/15\/kinston-native-places-second-in-cybersecurity-competition\">Kinston native places second in cybersecurity competition \u2014 Neuse News<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.neusenews.com\/index\/2026\/6\/15\/kinston-native-places-second-in-cybersecurity-competition\">https:\/\/www.neusenews.com\/index\/2026\/6\/15\/kinston-native-places-second-in-cybersecurity-competition<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-06-16 05:31:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.neusenews.com\">www.neusenews.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Author: <a href=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p> Using an unordered list, summarize the following article with between 4 and 8 key points.<br \/>\n  Kinston native Jhordan A. Sargeant placed second in the MetLife Summer Cyber Invitational Live Fire Exercise held in Cary, according to information submitted by his family.Sargeant participated in a cybersecurity mock takedown competition that tested students\u2019 ability to identify a simulated cyberattack, secure vulnerable credentials and respond before a mock breach could occur.Flynn Loomis placed first in the competition. The two students represented Johnston Community College\u2019s cybersecurity program, which swept the top two spots during the event. Todd Retzlaff served as team manager.\u201cEvery challenge pushed us to think faster, act smarter, and collaborate under pressure,\u201d Sargeant said. \u201cFinishing second only motivates me to keep sharpening my skills and aim even higher next time.\u201dSargeant holds an associate degree in information technology with a concentration in cybersecurity and is currently enrolled at East Carolina University, where he is working toward a bachelor\u2019s degree in cybersecurity.His grandmother, Marsha Chapman-Powell of Kinston, said the family is proud of his accomplishment.\u201cLearning that Jhordan earned second place filled my heart with pride,\u201d Chapman-Powell said. \u201cHe\u2019s always had that spark for technology and seeing him shine among so many talented competitors reminded me that hard work and faith truly pay off.\u201dSargeant is the son of Candace Sargeant and Troy Sargeant and the grandson of Marsha Chapman-Powell and the late Sylvester Powell of Kinston.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kinston native places second in cybersecurity competition \u2014 Neuse News https:\/\/www.neusenews.com\/index\/2026\/6\/15\/kinston-native-places-second-in-cybersecurity-competition Publish Date: 2026-06-16 05:31:00&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":232391,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"http:\/\/static1.squarespace.com\/static\/5af308849d5abbb875f94e0f\/5af308c30e2e72435caef952\/6a301ae9107c86114a47e552\/1781602280453\/grandson.png?format=1500w","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[30,24],"class_list":["post-232390","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cybersecurity","tag-breach","tag-cybersecurity"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232390"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=232390"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232390\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":232392,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232390\/revisions\/232392"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/232391"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=232390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=232390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=232390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}