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Coaches must choose between prioritizing one of two goals: Winning or Growth. Both have their benefits and their shortcomings. CryptoKait explains how to assess and assemble the right NCL teams for your environment.
Author: CryptoKait
© Kaitlyn Bestenheider 2017-2024 | Information Security Analyst | Chief Player Ambassador, National Cyber League | Doctoral Student | Cryptography Enthusiast | Overly-Attached Puppy Mom
NCL Question: How Many Coaches Can I Have?
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CryptoKait disambiguates the terms, "coach" and "team," and answers the question, "How many coaches can I have?" for each varying interpretation.
N00bSec to Cyber-Champion: Hacking the National Cyber League for Success
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Want to start your very own NCL team at your college or university? CryptoKait shows you how with these take-home materials from her workshop at the 2018 WiCyS conference. In case you missed it, the first part was recorded, and CryptoKait's NCL Coaching Guide is the ultimate standalone resource!
Why I Wrote My First Workshop Proposal
Two months away from giving her first IT workshop at the 2018 WiCyS conference in Chicago, CryptoKait is feeling elated, excited, empowered, terrified, inadequate, and nauseous. Why did she do this to herself? Read to learn why CryptoKait recommends NCL so highly that she's about to lead a workshop on it!
What is the National Cyber League and Why is it Better than a Norwegian Cruise?
Folks might say that taking a cruise on Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL) changed their life. Those people probably haven't tried National Cyber League (NCL) yet. 😉 If you'd like to know more about the National Cyber League, page one of the Google search results for "NCL" won't help much. This is where the CryptoKait blog comes in!
An Introduction to Cryptography
Before there was NCL... there was a little girl playing interactive Nancy Drew games, quietly practicing cryptography without even realizing it was a cyber skill.(*) Now that she's grown, and with a handle like CryptoKait, you know this is one introduction to cryptography that you shouldn't miss!
[Taisa here. Boy-howdy, taking a few minutes to read this would have saved me hours in NCL!]
Grace Hopper Celebration (#ghc17) Capture the Flag: Learning to Hack for Fun and Profit
This was the behind-the-scenes, CTF101 workshop that CryptoKait had been looking forward to all week! Her friend and fellow attendee, Lizzie Molloy, took these notes on how to approach CTF challenges, with a focus on cryptography, networks, web apps, and binaries, but the underlying problem-solving strategies are universal.
Grace Hopper Celebration (#ghc17) Day 2 Recap
It was a marathon of a day—a marathon, not a race! Do as CryptoKait says, and not as CryptoKait does, and pace yourself for an exciting event recap that includes workshops, Speed Mentoring, a woman who changed majors 7 times, 2 after-parties... and what tech conference story would be complete without the police?
Grace Hopper Celebration (#GHC17) Why and How to Prepare for Hackathons
Audience members had one thing in common: a lack of confidence, or even outright fear of hackathons. What did presenters say to ease their minds? What does CryptoKait tell her students? And what pro tip did CryptoKait write down twice?
Grace Hopper Celebration (#GHC17) Day 1 Recap
With 18,000 attendees and a worldwide live-stream, GHC is not just a conference; it's a movement. CryptoKait shares the inspiring stories of successful women in tech who overcame financial burdens, toxic relationships, and fears of failure. The trick in all cases is to "surround yourself with people who support you."
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