Feds, military personnel compete in President's Cyber Cup Challenge

Michael Harpin, the competition’s section chief at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, told Nextgov/FCW that the competition fosters internal recognition and networking that can help spur career growth.

The competition to identify promising cybersecurity talent within the federal government came to a conclusion in mid-April, part of the larger movement to help foster cybersecurity awareness and skill in the existing government workforce. 

Artificially Intelligent — a team of four Army servicemembers and one from the Air Force — won the 2024 President’s Cyber Cup Challenge, a five-year-old competition open to federal government and U.S. military personnel.

Michael Harpin, the competition’s section chief at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, told Nextgov/FCW that the challenge fosters both internal recognition and networking that can help spur career growth. 

“Holding the competition in person over the last two years, after COVID, has been really valuable in just allowing ...