CyberStart America / Cyber FastTrack 2023

CyberStart America and Cyber FastTrack provides a fun and interactive series of challenges that offer the chance to explore exciting topics such as cryptography, penetration testing and digital forensics.

Program Details

CyberStart America is a FREE national program for high school students to learn and master cybersecurity as a gateway to the industry, up their digital skills, and compete for scholarships!

Cyber FastTrack is the FREE national program for college-level students to also learn, compete, and meet criteria to earn scholarship money.

Program Eligibility

CyberStart America (high school level)

To be eligible to participate, students must:

• Be at least 13 years old
• Be enrolled in 9th, 10th, 11th or 12th grade at a public or private school (or the homeschool equivalent).
• Be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident

Eligibility checks will be conducted throughout the process to ensure licenses, scholarships, and prizes are awarded to eligible students.

Cyber FastTrack (college level)

To be eligible to participate, students must:

• Be at least 18 years old
• Be enrolled in accredited U.S. college (2-year, 4-year or graduate program)
• Be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident

Communities offer additional support and community-specific awards within the overall scholarship competition and can give like-minded students the chance to share their experience and help each other out.

Become a CyberStart America Advisor

High school teachers can help find the next cybersecurity superstars by becoming Advisors and running a CyberStart America Club in their school. No previous cybersecurity knowledge or experience is required to join - just an enthusiasm to inspire your students to up their digital skills.

Register to be a CyberStart America Advisor →

Press Releases

2022 Announcement

• news.delaware.gov - October 17, 2022
• dti.delaware.gov - October 14, 2022

2021 Delaware Competition Results

• dti.delaware.gov - Delaware High School Students Named “National Cyber Scholars"
• news.delaware.gov - Delaware High School Students Named “National Cyber Scholars"

Delaware Students Making Positive Moves in the Cyber World!

DELAWARE WINNERS ANNOUNCED!!!

Delaware
CyberStart America Scholar Winners

352  Delaware Participants
9  Delaware Students Qualitifed

• Joanna Amoah, Middletown High School
• Kinsey Bellerose, Sussex Academy of Arts and Sciences
• Alexander Boswell, Sussex Academy of Arts and Sciences
• Tsai-Ni Chen, Middletown High School
• Krish Matta, Charter School of Wilmington
• Emily Musgrove, Sussex Academy of Arts and Sciences
• Romir Patel, William Penn High School
• Kaycee Rigor, St. Elizabeth School
• Trisha Srikanth, Padua Academy

Delaware
Cyber Fast-Track Winners

133  Delaware Participants
8  Delaware Students Qualitifed

• Kirolos Boghdady, University of Delaware
• Richard Eaton, Wilmington University
• Jonathan Hardy, Wilmington University
• Scott Ingman, Wilmington University
• Jack Jeffries, Wilmington University
• Luke Smoker, Delaware Technical Community College
• Jd Wang, University of Delaware
• Laura Weinstein, University of Delaware
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CyberStart America and Cyber Fast-Track Scholar win various scholarship opportunities and State recognition.

 

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Read What The CyberStart Winners Are Saying!

I was introduced to “CyberStart American early Freshman year. I thoroughly enjoyed completing the challenges in the program, as they are presented in a beginner-friendly, non-intimidating manner.

As I completed more and more challenges, I found that I could apply my knowledge in coding, forensics, cryptography, hashing, and the Linux command line that I’ve acquired from my experiences in Cyberpatriot and summer programs. Further, framing the challenges as hypothetical real-world situations certainly enlivened a very technical field and made the challenges more dynamic and engaging. In our increasingly digitized society, it is important that there are enough cybersecurity professionals to protect American devices and systems.

Thus, it is wonderful that CyberStart is making cybersecurity more accessible to young students like me, sparking our passion for pursuing this field. Lastly, I am very grateful to DTI, our governor, and my community at Padua for all of their support and encouragement.

CyberStart America Scholar:
Trisha Srikanth from Padua Academy

Cyber FastTrack helped me quickly learn about a broad range of topics in cybersecurity. Identification as a National Cyber Scholar provided me additional SANS Foundations training and certification that was some of the best, most engaging online training I’ve ever taken.

It also afforded me the opportunity to be recognized in the field and establish meaningful connections with local cybersecurity leaders that have already provided job opportunities. I’m so grateful for the experience

Cyber Fast-Track Scholar:
Richard Eaton from Wilmington University

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Thank You!

Thank you to our Delaware Planning Team including members from the Department of Technology & Information, Department of Education, Wilmington University, University of Delaware, Delaware Technical Community College, and Padua Academy for supporting the past season’s event in Delaware!