Jonathan Weber, an ESU student with a double major in computer science and computer security, attended the Eastern Regional U.S. Cyber Challenge (USCC) Summer Cyber Camp held at Virginia Tech in June.\u00a0Weber, who was awarded a full scholarship to attend the camp, was one of 80 individuals from across the country invited to participate.<\/p>\n
When most people think about attending a summer camp, the vision conjured is that of a wooded retreat with activities.\u00a0For ESU undergraduate student, Jonathan Weber of Stroudsburg, camp was something much different. He and fellow ESU student, Justin Moore of East Stroudsburg, were each selected to participate in a U.S. Cyber Challenge (USCC) Summer Cyber Camp. Weber was one of 80 individuals from across the country who attended the Eastern Regional Camp on the campus of Virginia Tech in Roanoke, Va. in June; Moore will attend the Western Regional Camp at San Jose State University, San Jose, Calif. in August.\u00a0 For these cyber geniuses, attending this invitation-only, four-day cyber camp, culminating in a cyber security competition is business as usual.<\/p>\n
Weber attended the Cyber Camp on full scholarship provided by USCC, funded in turn by a variety of organizations, including major defense contractors, the Department of Defense, the NSA, and the FBI. USCC\u2019s mission is to significantly reduce the shortage in the cyber workforce and to connect America\u2019s best and brightest to the cyber security industry.<\/p>\n
To qualify for the camp, participants had to complete a nationwide online hacking challenge called the U.S. Cyber Quest, offered through USCC and open to all students across America. The online competition drew over 1,000 participants from approximately 400 schools nationwide. Weber scored 100% on the challenge.<\/p>\n
Weber, 22, a double major in computer science and computer security, participated in USCC\u2019s cyber camp last year, also on a full scholarship. Given his age, he is remarkably accomplished. In addition to his studies and his involvement with cyber security, Weber has established his main business, Marathon Studios Inc.<\/a>, by way of the ESU Innovation Center<\/a>. He reports that he has continued to see excellent revenue and profit growth.<\/p>\n \u201cGiven my success in business,\u201d Weber says, regarding the direction of his future in cyber security, \u201cit\u2019s likely that, instead of taking an entry-level job with the government, I will instead be considering government contracts with my own business.\u201d<\/p>\n Weber has given interviews on cyber security and web privacy for several major media outlets, including the BBC<\/b>, U.S. News<\/b>, a featured segment on TV station WBRE<\/b> and feature articles<\/b> for the Scranton Times-Tribune<\/b> and the Dallas Post<\/b>.<\/p>\n Link to Dallas Post<\/b> article: http:\/\/www.mydallaspost.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?avis=TL&date=20130309&category=news&lopenr=303099816&Ref=AR<\/a><\/p>\n Link to the BBC article: http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-us-canada-23188874<\/a><\/p>\n Link to U.S. News article: http:\/\/money.usnews.com\/money\/personal-finance\/articles\/2013\/09\/19\/how-to-protect-yourself-from-smishing-and-vishing<\/a><\/p>\n In addition, Weber has been quoted in Dark Reading<\/b>, a well-known security industry publication.<\/p>\n Link to Dark Reading<\/b> article: http:\/\/www.darkreading.com\/attacks-breaches\/why-are-we-so-slow-to-detect-data-breach\/240156987<\/a><\/p>\n As Weber rightly notes, data and technology run our world; and where such technology exists, so do \u201cboth the black hats who seek to steal information . . . and the white hats whose job it is to stay one step ahead of the opposition.\u201d<\/p>\n Weber is not the only ESU student to attend this cyber camp. Justin Moore, from East Stroudsburg, also with a double major in computer science and computer security, was selected to attend this camp on full scholarship as well.<\/p>\n \u201cThis is a fantastic opportunity,\u201d says Moore, currently in San Francisco working as an intern security engineer at iSec Partners.\u00a0He makes a good point regarding the real world practice of one\u2019s security skills. \u201c[The cyber security camps],\u201d Moore notes, \u201cgive people a place to practice information security skills in an available \u2013 and legal \u2013 way.\u201d<\/p>\n For more information about the undergraduate and graduate degree offerings within ESU\u2019s department of computer science, contact Robert Marmelstein, Ph.D., professor of computer science and department chair at 570-422-3490 or by email at rmarmelstein@esu.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" ESU Students Attend Invitation-Only Cyber Camp\/Cyber Security Competition on Full Scholarship; ESU Student Quoted by BBC News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6450,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[20,22,42,58],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6443","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-esu-success-stories","category-facebook","category-news-release","category-slider"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quantum.esu.edu\/insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6443"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quantum.esu.edu\/insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quantum.esu.edu\/insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quantum.esu.edu\/insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quantum.esu.edu\/insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6443"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/quantum.esu.edu\/insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6443\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7206,"href":"https:\/\/quantum.esu.edu\/insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6443\/revisions\/7206"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quantum.esu.edu\/insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6450"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quantum.esu.edu\/insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6443"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quantum.esu.edu\/insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6443"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quantum.esu.edu\/insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6443"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}