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West Point Wins Cyber Exercise

Tuesday, April 19th, 2016

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West Point Wins Cyber Exercise

The U.S. Military Academy (West Point) won the 2016 Cyber Defense Exercise (CDX), marking its eighth win since the competition began in 2001, the NSA said Friday. Hosted by Parsons at its Columbia, Md., facility from April 11-14 (Defense Daily, April 14), the exercise tested the cybersecurity skills and ingenuity of cadets and midshipmen from the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, the U.S. Military Academy, the U.S. Naval Academy, and the Royal Military College of Canada. CDX was…

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