Skip to content

CryptoKait

  • CryptoKait
    • Home
    • About CryptoKait
    • Workshops and Public Appearances
    • Blog Posts by CryptoKait
    • Contact CryptoKait
  • Blog
  • Initiatives
    • Meet the NCL Player Ambassadors & Apply
    • CryptoKait’s Feature Friday
    • Apply to Be Featured on the CryptoKait.com Blog
    • Player Ambassador Diversity & Inclusion Advisory Board
  • National Cyber League
    • START HERE: NCL Coaching Guide for Everyone
    • Meet the NCL Player Ambassadors
    • NCL Blog
    • NCL Practice
    • Webinars and Live Shows
  • Personal Development
    • Adulting
    • Career Advice & Human Skills
    • Self Care
  • Cybersec Clubs
    • Cybersecurity Club Survival Guide
    • Blog Category: Cybersecurity Clubs
    • Collaboration Tips
  • Cybersec Bootcamps
    • Beginner Python with wolfshirtz
    • Command-line Log Analysis with Taisa

Author: Jeana Byte

© 2019-2021 Jeana Cosenza | Managing Player Ambassador, National Cyber League |

How to Act Like a Professional in the NCL Games

May 25, 2020October 5, 20201 Comment

JeanaByte
NCL won't just teach you how to research and solve problems like a pro. It can help you develop professional workplace values: honesty, integrity, respect, lawfulness, and resilience when mistakes are made. JeanaByte explains how to be thoughtful and ethical within the games, and how these behaviors map to success in the real world.

Everything You Need to Know About the National Cyber League Individual Game

March 30, 2020September 8, 20201 Comment

JeanaByte
Will it be harder than the Preseason Game? Why was it renamed from "Regular" Game to "Individual" Game? Do the different brackets get different challenges? Mama Byte breaks the logistical data down into bits, including the most significant bit of all—remembering to take care of yourself during the competition!

Everything You Need to Know About the National Cyber League Preseason Game

March 23, 2020September 8, 20203 Comments

JeanaByte
The first rule of Preseason is that it's MANDATORY, meaning you must attempt at least one question. What's the second rule of Preseason? Hint: It applies to the Individual Game as well! JeanaByte will tell you more.

What’s the National Cyber League Gym and How Do I Use It?

March 18, 2020September 6, 20202 Comments

JeanaByte
First things first: Welcome to NCL! It's time to pull on your cyber gi and prepare to enter NCL's dojo—the Gymnasium. JeanaByte-sensei will walk you through navigating the Cyber Skyline platform and show you how to train for the upcoming Games!

A Beginner’s Guide to Scanning with DirBuster for the NCL Games

March 4, 2020September 4, 2020Leave a comment

JeanaByte
Staring uncertainly at a challenge called "Hidden Treasure"? Staring uncertainly at the DirBuster GUI? Wondering how legal this can possibly be? JeanaByte shows you how to brute force websites, find hidden directories, and stay out of jail in the process!

Why I Became a Player Ambassador – JeanaByte

February 8, 2020September 8, 20201 Comment

JeanaByte
There she was—a bright-eyed, bushy-tailed, freshman nursing major. We know what you're thinking: How in the world did she end up here? Well, for starters, she was a terrible nursing major. Next came Excel, some HTML... and CryptoKait!

How to Run Your NCL Preseason Recaps

October 22, 2019October 27, 20202 Comments

JeanaByte
JeanaByte's template for how to run a post-Game recap applies to all the Games, but it's the Preseason recap that will come first. Gather your notes, gather your team, and follow these guidelines for identifying problem areas, sharing and celebrating successes, and improving before the next Game begins!

Where to Start with Wireless Access Exploitation (Now Part of Network Traffic Analysis) for the National Cyber League Games

October 1, 2019October 24, 20201 Comment

JeanaByte
JeanaByte walks us through how she would solve a sample Wireless Access Exploitation challenge, from picking through a packet capture in Wireshark to navigating the Aircrack-ng command-line interface.

What to Expect Your First National Cyber League Season

August 6, 2019September 8, 20201 Comment

JeanaByte
After two seasons of competing in the NCL, JeanaByte became a student coach at her university! After participating in the Games as both a player and a coach, she's developed a unique perspective on what to expect during your first season. Pro Tip: Try not to scare your roommate!

Posts navigation

Newer posts

Follow Your Favorite NCL PA

  • Twitter
  • Twitter
  • Twitter
  • Twitter
  • Twitter
  • Twitter

Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Join 1,714 other subscribers

Your Favorite Authors

  • 0x600DF00D
    • How to Support Student Organizations
    • Helping Students During the Games
    • How to Use Your Coach’s Link
    • Thou Shall Pass! I Am a Coach. How Do I Help My Students Succeed?
  • Aaron James
    • Reverse Engineering: Fake It Until You Make It!
    • Taking Password Cracking to the Next Level
    • NCL and WSL: Leaving the Kali VM Behind
    • Fresh Kali…I mean Coffee
  • John McGill
    • CompTIA Security+ – One Certification to Rule Them All
    • Organizing Your Workspace
    • Cybersecurity Club Survival Guide: Lessons Learned from the First Year of a New Cybersecurity Club
    • Hiding in Plain Sight: Steganography Tricks and Tips
  • CryptoKait
    • Everything You Need to Know About Brackets
    • How Do I Register and Pay for Students?
    • Everything You Need to Know About the NCL Team Game
    • CryptoKait Blog Reaches 100k Views
  • ZeroTrail
    • How to Keep Your Confidence Up When You Are Stuck
    • Transferring Your Non-Tech Skills to a Cyber Security Job
    • How Setting Up a Virtual Machine and Navigating Through It Can Help You with NCL
    • How Playing War Games Can Help You Learn Command Line
  • drzeichick
    • Navigating the Coach Dashboard
    • Everything You Need to Know About the NCL Gym – Zombie Survival Guide Version
    • What Should I Consider When Selecting a Program for Cybersecurity?
  • PressSpace2Hack
    • How to Get the Most Out of the NCL Slack Channel
    • Forensics: First Impression
    • How to Keep Your Accuracy and Score All the Points
    • Everything You Need to Know About the NCL From Someone Who Has Been Around as Long as Kait
  • Taisa
    • Everything You Need to Know About the National Cyber League Preseason Game
    • Command-line Log Analysis FOR THE WIN (3/3): Untangling a Web Access Log
    • Command-line Log Analysis FOR THE WIN (2/3): Walking through “Leaping”
    • Command-line Log Analysis FOR THE WIN (1/3): How to Approach a Wild Log
  • Fred Stinchcombe
    • Leveraging Your LMS – Tips for Coaches Thinking Long Term
    • Need Some Buy In – Tips on Selling NCL to Your School Admins
    • Everything You Need to Know About the NCL Gym (but Were Too Afraid to Ask Someone)
    • What I Learned from Teaching Cyber at an All Girls High School
  • ghostinth3machine
    • How to RE with Radare When You Know Nothing
    • How to Regex When You Know Nothing
    • How to Go From Hashed to Cracked With Hashcat
    • How to Command Line When You Know Nothing
  • Jacob Corley
    • A Day in the Life of a Cyber Engineer
    • How Creating CTFs Challenges Helps You Succeed in CTFs
    • How to Include the National Cyber League Games on Your Résumé
    • Finding a Team When You’re Playing Solo
  • Hush1e
    • Everything You Need To Know About Rankings
    • How to Run Recaps
    • What Happens When the Season Is On and I Can’t Reach Out for Help?
    • Digging into Autopsy (Forensics)
  • Jeana Byte
    • Everything You Need to Know About the Team Game
    • NCL Mistakes That Make Me a Better Player
    • How to Run Your Team as a Student Coach
    • I Need Help Solving an NCL Challenge. What Do I Do?
  • mistressven0m
    • I’m Just a Lone Student. How Can I Bring NCL To My School?
    • Everything You Need to Know About Our CompTIA Partnership
    • How to Use NCL to Influence and Improve Your Résumé and Professional Appearance
    • Four Ways to Analyze Logs Like a Pro!
  • WebWitch
    • Landing a Job and Getting Paid Well For It [Part 3]
    • My Young Padawan — How to be an Effective, Supportive Mentor
    • Landing a Job and Getting Paid Well For It [Part 2/5]
    • Landing a Job and Getting Paid Well For It [Part 1/5]
  • wolfshirtz
    • Everything You Need to Know About the NCL Individual Game
    • Why Steganography is Cryptography
    • Ghidra: The NSA Reverse Engineering Tool That Will Help You Crush Enumeration and Exploitation
    • Collaborative Python Scripting for the Team Games
Website Powered by WordPress.com.
  • Follow Following
    • CryptoKait
    • Join 251 other followers
    • Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
    • CryptoKait
    • Customize
    • Follow Following
    • Sign up
    • Log in
    • Report this content
    • View site in Reader
    • Manage subscriptions
    • Collapse this bar
 

Loading Comments...
 

You must be logged in to post a comment.