Hey, CyberDawgs!

Thank you to everyone who came to our first club meeting last night and worked with us as we found a room! It was great to see such a packed meeting. Over 70 people were in attendance, which was probably our largest meeting post-COVID! 

Meeting Slides

If you could not attend last night or want to look back at something we discussed, you can access the meeting slides at the link below: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1jPvEjjZtXRKHV1VczODJfebwrrnUAD82?usp=drive_link 

Meeting Recording

Unfortunately, with the last-minute room shuffles, we forgot to start recording the meeting. However, the meeting slides contain all the information we discussed, including speaker notes with further explanations. We will make sure to have a recording for next week’s meeting.

Meeting Room and Time

All future weekly club meetings will occur in ILSB 118 from 7:15 PM to 8:15 PM. If there are anymore room changes, we will let you know immediately. Also, if you see any announcement or material with outdated information, please let us know so we can update it.

Remaining Meeting Topics

Sept 16th | Intro to VM\Linux\CTFs\Trainings

Sept 23rd | Cyber Team and Tryout Info

Sept 30th | Cyber Career Panel

Oct 7th | Resume Building Night

Oct 14th | How to Win CDE

Oct 21st | How to Lose CDE [CDE Debrief]

Oct 28th | Web Attacks\Vulnerabilities

Nov 4th | Protocol Analysis

Nov 11th | Cyber Movie Night (Movie: The Imitation Game)

Nov 18th | Reverse Engineering

Nov 25th | FireTalks (Speakers: Club Members) [more info to come out soon]

Dec 2nd | Election for Anticipated Vice President Vacancy

Dec 9th | End-of-Semester Celebration

CyberPaws CTF

As a reminder, the first CyberPaws CTF challenge was released last night in our Club Discord. Give it a shot, and please contact a board member if you need a hint. There are prizes to the 3 people with the most solves at the end of the semester. 

If you have any questions about anything we discussed, don't hesitate to contact me (@truegritter on Discord). Finally, as always, Don't Do Crime. 

Kind Regards,

William Brooks 

CyberDawgs President

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Applicants must submit a cover letter, resume, unofficial transcript, and writing sample.

This week's meeting will still take place in Public Policy 206 on Thursday, starting at 7pm and ending hours later. Polling about changing the date and location will be out later this week.

For this week: we will be talking about the highlights of tonight's debate, if there are any. Who knows we'll see.

Our movie choices for this week are: RANDOM Name a movie, we pull up a trailer, and if most people are on board, we'll watch it immediately.

Bit of a lax weekly meeting, more events and fun coming soon! :-)

The ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge (ALL IN) recently recognized UMBC for its nonpartisan democratic engagement efforts that fostered high levels of student voter engagement in the 2022 midterm elections. UMBC received the 2022 America East Campus Votes Highest Registration Rate and a Silver Seal from ALL IN based on the university’s 2022 campus voting rate from its National Study of Learning, Voting, and Engagement (NSLVE) report, reflecting its commitment to ensuring that engagement with democracy is a defining feature of campus life.

UMBC was recognized alongside more than 500 campuses using data from the NSLVE out of Tufts University, which found that colleges and universities had the second-highest voter turnout among students in a midterm election since NSLVE began measuring this data. 

“UMBC students are highly engaged in their communities, and our strong voter registration and turnout rates are important ways in which that engagement shows up,” says David Hoffman, Ph.D. ‘13, language, literacy, and culture, director of UMBC’s Center for Democracy and Civic Life. “I’m especially proud that so many student organizations and campus departments are working together to support and expand that culture of engagement. Not everyone is eligible to register to vote, but all of us can help build communities and a society in which everyone can thrive.”

Hoffman adds, “This is timely news, as we are in the midst of working with campus partners to provide resources and events to encourage turnout in Election 2024. The stakes are high, so register and vote if you are eligible!” 

“The ALL IN Awards were created to celebrate nonpartisan democratic engagement and the outstanding campus voter registration and turnout rates achieved by our ALL IN campuses. Ahead of the 2024 elections, ALL IN campuses are ready to build on the momentum from 2022 to ensure their communities are ready to make an even bigger impact this fall,” said Jennifer Domagal-Goldman, executive director of the ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge. “ALL IN is proud to celebrate and honor top-performing campuses like UMBC, who demonstrate that nonpartisan student voter engagement is possible and effective.”

The ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge strives to change civic culture and institutionalize democratic engagement activities and programs on college campuses, making voter participation a defining feature of campus life. More than 1,060 institutions enrolling more than 10 million students participate in the ALL IN. The Center for Democracy and Civic Life hosted ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge leaders at UMBC on August 29 so they could pilot a voter registration workshop directed at staff and student leaders.