Cyber Warfare Club

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Cyber Warfare

Club Information

Members of the U.S. Air Force Academy Cyber Warfare Club develop and hone critical thinking, problem-solving and collaboration skills. They share knowledge and experiences in a supportive environment to help each other stay informed and engaged in the cyber domain. The club fosters an interest in technology and cybersecurity.

Members can take part in hands-on activities such as workshops and training sessions. The club participates in more than 30 competitions and events each year, such as capture the flag and attack/defense competitions. They also travel to Chicago, New York City, Washington D.C., Stanford University, and Orlando, Florida, to compete against international teams.

A subteam within the club focuses specifically on cyber policy. The policy team travels nationwide to present courses of action for hypothetical cyber incident response and national security.

Members meet in Fairchild Hall to learn technical skills such as malware analysis, network security and penetration testing. Additionally, they perform binary and web exploitations, forensics and cryptography.

Club Accomplishments

The winner of the National Security Agency Cyber Exercise (NCX) in 2019, 2022, and 2023, leading the service academies and senior military colleges in victories.

The 2019 President’s Cup Cybersecurity Competition winner.

Becoming a Member

Cadets are welcome to join throughout the year and the club is open to all classes and majors. No experience is necessary. The club offers an elite cadet-led training program that can develop members into NCX champions in less than a year.

Hear from our members

“On the team, I learn a great deal about teamwork. We work with people of many different skill levels. I didn’t know anything when I joined the team. But our upperclassmen and advanced cyber courses quickly get us up to speed on what we need to learn. As we get more experience, we start taking on leadership roles to help those who have less experience or need help.”

– Cadet 3rd Class Kaci McBrayer, a Computer Science major

“The Cyber Warfare Club can train cadets with no experience to become cyber operators at the most elite levels of collegiate and professional competition. By doing that, we are preparing the future cyber operators for the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Space Force while representing the Academy in competition.”

– Cadet 2nd Class Jaden Liu, a Cyber Science major

Other Club Opportunities

Blue Horizon

Forensics Team

Mock Trial Team