California Mayors
Cyber Cup
What is the Mayors Cyber Cup?
The California Mayors Cyber Cup are regional competitions across California where cyber teams compete for their city to bring home the coveted perpetual trophy.
Why is This Important?
Cyber competitions are activities that bring cybersecurity awareness to communities and build strong and ethical character in the students who participate. This, in turn, helps build a future cyber workforce for all cities in California.
Who Should Attend?
The Mayors Cyber Cup is open to any team, not just those registered with the AFA for CyberPatriot. Click or touch each item below to see why you should attend.
Local and regional officials should attend and encourage their staff to attend. This helps understand the importance of developing these programs in your communities. Building cybersecurity awareness at the junior high and high school level spreads that awareness across your community and into local business.
Building the Future of Community Based Cyber Competitions
Flexible
Light client requirements allow access from anywhere with inexpensive computer hardware
Community Spirit
Live video link between locations builds community spirit.
Access For All
With competition images hosted at the CCC Folsom Lake Netlab+ hub anyone with a chromebook or better can compete.
Cybersecurity Awareness
Cities, mayors, business and parents get to see the importance of Cybersecurity first hand
Well Represented
Greater Sacramento, Bay Area, Orange County, and Inland Empire/Desert , with 8 – 12 teams per location.
Reduced Time Investment
By centralizing competiton image access and technical support, local hosting time investment is cut substantially.
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Sponsors
Ricky Doyle, Director, Practice Labs
Liz Fraumann, Executive Director, Securing Our eCity Foundation
Peter Janzow, Vice President, Credly
Claire Jefferson-Glipa, IT Education Manager, ConvergeOne
Paul Johnson, Cyber Engineer, Northrop Grumman Corporation
Brian Mazelle, CompTIA
Kimberly A. Pease, CISSP, Vice President, Citadel-Information
Bruce Pixley, President, Pixley Forensics
Wendy Porter, Chicostart Director, growTech Founder
Peter Sibley, Inform Journyes
Anthony Smith, Security Engineer, Sony
Kevin Spease, President / CEO, ISSE Services
Stan Stahl, Ph.D., President, Citadel-Information
James Stanger, Chief Technology Evangelist, CompTIA
Jennifer Thornton, Program Manager, United Way of Inland Valleys
Oscar Valdepena, President/CEO Moreno Valley Chamber of Commerce
Bradley Wolfenden, Director, Cyber Academics Partnerships, Circadence Corporation
Jordan Cunningham, CA State Assembly, Committee on Career Technical Education & Building a 21st Century Workforce
Kevin Kiley, CA State Assembly, Vice Chair of the Committee on Education
Jose Medina, CA State Assembly & Chair of the Assembly Committee on Higher Education
Sharon Quirk-Silva, CA State Assembly, Chair of the Jobs, Economic Development and the Economy Committee
Erle Hall, Education Programs Consultant for California Department of Education
Rusty Bailey, Mayor, City of Riverside
Ken Broadway, Mayor, City of Rocklin
Doug Chaffee, Mayor, City of Fullerton
Dr. Yxstian A. Gutierrez, Mayor, Moreno Valley
Darrell Steinburg, Mayor, City of Sacramento
Ulises Cabrera, Moreno Valley City Council
David Marquez, Moreno Valley City Council
Steve Wright, Director & Sector Navigator ICT/DM, California Community Colleges
Myron Curtis, Deputy Sector Navigator ICT/DM, Far North Region
Markus Geissler, Deputy Sector Navigator ICT/DM, North Region (Greater Sacramento)
Richard Grotegut, Deputy Sector Navigator ICT/DM, Bay Area Region
Paula Hodge, Deputy Sector Navigator ICT/DM, South Central Coast Region
Steve Linthicum, Deputy Sector Navigator ICT/DM, Orange County Region
Susanne Mata, Deputy Sector Navigator ICT/DM, Inland Empire/Desert Region
Dennis Mohle, Deputy Sector Navigator ICT/DM, Central Valley/Mother Lode Region
Melody Graveen Ed.D., Dean of Instruction and CTE Director, Moreno Valley College
Nancy S. Jones, Ed.D., Dean of Business and CTE Coastline Community College
Dr. Martinrex Kedziora, Superintendent of Schools, Moreno Valley Unified School District
Sean McNally, CyberPatriot Coordinator, Greater Sacramento Region
Carey Peck, CyberPatriot Coordinator, LAUSD Beyond the Bell
Ron Vito, Executive Director, Riverside County Office of Education
