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Tuesday, July 14
 

9:00am EDT

Considering Using CTFs as Quizzes? The Cyber Basics CTFs Hands-On Workshop
Tuesday July 14, 2026 9:00am - 10:30am EDT
Have you ever considered using a live Jeopardy-Style Capture the Flag as an in-class quiz? Would you like to see what this looks like in action? Many teachers have started gamifying their classroom evaluations and quizzes, and even using CTFs for some exams! For your light weight pop-quizzes, CTFs can turn quizzes into a fun head-to-head "Event", with a projected scoreboard for the whole class to see, or even allow competitive teams! For big exams, you can force individual play, and keep things private with no teams or scoreboard. It's time scoped, and you get the scores with all logged submission attempts, which you can then easily turn into grades.

The Cyber Range is considering adding more CTF quizzes to some of our curated curriculum, and this is the first quiz-set. This first release of six quizzes to go along with the with our Cyber Basics course, with a separate CTF for each of the six modules, A-F. Here's the invite into our CTF Quizzes Workshop environment: 
https://go.vacr.io/ctf-quizzes-workshop 

Come check out our workshop, help beta test our first course CTF quizzes, see how you like them and let us know what you think! After our workshop, take your login back to your hotel room and finish UP all six modules to see how you like them and see who wins!

If you have any suggestions, let us know my filling out this quick survey:
https://go.vacr.io/cyber-basics-ctf-survey
Speakers
avatar for Thomas Weeks

Thomas Weeks

Lead Engineer, Virginia Cyber Range
Thomas "Tweeks" Weeks is a published Linux author, is an IT director with Virginia Tech IT, but most of his time is spent working as a Lead Engineer with the Virginia Cyber Range, security course developer and lab-VM image designer.  Tweeks also sits as the technical lead for the... Read More →
Tuesday July 14, 2026 9:00am - 10:30am EDT
Room 4130

12:45pm EDT

Swipe Right for Threat Modeling: Cybersecurity as a Life Skill
Tuesday July 14, 2026 12:45pm - 2:15pm EDT
Students are already making cybersecurity decisions every day, whether they realize it or not. They are choosing what to share, who to trust, which links to click, what permissions to allow, and how much of their location, identity, and attention to give away through the apps they use constantly. This 90-minute workshop reframes threat modeling as a practical life skill by using familiar consumer apps such as TikTok, messaging platforms, dating apps, delivery services, payment apps, gaming accounts, school portals, and AI tools.

Participants will work through lightweight, student-friendly threat modeling activities focused on realistic scenarios involving fake accounts, geolocation leakage, account takeover, image misuse, social engineering, data collection, and cross-platform manipulation. The goal is to make cybersecurity feel relevant, human, and immediately usable. Attendees will leave with adaptable classroom activities, discussion prompts, and a framework for helping students think more critically about digital risk in the spaces they already occupy.
Speakers
avatar for Christopher Cruz

Christopher Cruz

Cyber Program Manager, Virginia State Police
Christopher Cruz is the Cyber Program Manager for the Virginia Fusion Center, which provides a vital conduit for intelligence collection and information exchange throughout the Commonwealth. He is responsible for the development, management, and integration of cybersecurity capabilities... Read More →
Tuesday July 14, 2026 12:45pm - 2:15pm EDT
Room 4130
 
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