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Publish Date: 2026-06-26 14:11:00<\/a><\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\tA heated competition Friday was waged in computer mouse clicks and brain power.
\n\t\t\t\tBudding cybersecurity professionals frantically checked their work from computer screens at University of Pittsburgh\u2019s Greensburg campus, hoping to eke out the elusive final few points to get a perfect score on the last day of the Air Force Association CyberCamp.
\n\t\t\t\tA trio of Franklin Regional High School students were boisterous as their score nudged closer to perfect.
\n\t\t\t\tFor them, it was almost like a sporting event.
\n\t\t\t\t\u201cThat\u2019s another five points!\u201d rising sophomore Charlie Smith exclaimed.
\n\t\t\t\tThe popular camp was held for the first time this week at the Hempfield Township university with an inaugural class of 25 students, some from local districts, including Hempfield Area and Penn-Trafford, and a handful traveling from out of state. It is an expansion of the camp held for the past 10 years at Pitt\u2019s Oakland campus, where 180 students participated this year.
\n\t\t\t\tThe free, weeklong camp teaches cybersecurity principles, ethics, skills and insight on career opportunities. Campers learned how to navigate through different computer systems, identify security configurations and prevent cyber attacks.
\n\t\t\t\tFriday\u2019s three-hour competition was held at both campuses simultaneously. Each team was given a scenario to address and points were accrued based on how quickly the tasks were finished, said Michael Pry, director of the cybersecurity program at the Hempfield campus.
\n\t\t\t\tExpanding the event into Westmoreland County through a grant from the EQT Foundation gives more students opportunities, he said.
\n\t\t\t\t\u201cYou want to send them to these camps, but there aren\u2019t many offered in our area,\u201d he said. \u201cNow we can offer this amazing camp right here in Greensburg so people don\u2019t have to commute into Pittsburgh to attend it.\u201d
\n\t\t\t\tThe high schoolers\u2019 enthusiasm for it was evident Friday. They looked intensely at their computer screens and worked methodically, while high-fives meant an accomplishment, and points. Every so often, one of the instructors would offer up a clue to the group, which the teams would quickly put into action.
\n\t\t\t\tFranklin Regional student Jack Foster was more quiet about his success. Foster, who will be a sophomore this fall, was leading the way in points, though other teams were close behind.
\n\t\t\t\tFor Mark Hill, the camp was a great stepping stone to what he hopes will be a career in digital forensics.
\n\t\t\t\t\u201cI have learned a lot this week,\u201d he said.
\n\t\t\t\tHill is a rising junior attending River Valley STEAM Academy\u2019s cybersecurity program in Indiana County, which is similar to a technical school. Pry and retired River Valley teacher Melissa Milanak were instrumental in creating the cybersecurity curriculum. Milanak was an instructor during the camp.
\n\t\t\t\tHill\u2019s team came in first place overall for both locations of the competition in the standard division along with classmates Chloe Dennison, Joseph Kukosky and Timothy Kukosky.
\n\t\t\t\tMilanak said the event, and curriculum, allow young people to envision a cybersecurity-related career.
\n\t\t\t\t\u201cWe realized that in today\u2019s day and age, that it\u2019s so important that we have students who are able to keep\u201d cyber infrastructure working, she said.
\n\t\t\t\tCybersecurity-related jobs are needed in every sector, Pry said, and workers will likely be in high demand for the next several years.<\/p>\n

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