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third-highest overall, defeating every military and
government team in the competition.
A er that competition, two teammembers
were hired as senior digital forensics specialists
for the Department of Defense. A third was
hired as a systems engineer at Aberdeen
Proving Ground in Maryland.
The following year, a new University team out
of the Dover campus won the undergraduate
level again, placing fi h overall.
“For many people, this is a calling,” Hufe says.
“You’re doing something good for the country
and for the world at large.”
CAREER SUCCESS
Computer and Network Security has been
ranked the second-fastest growing occupation
by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).
The number of people employed as network
systems and data communications analysts is
projected to increase by 53 percent between
2006 and 2018.
The job outlook is promising, and it’s impera-
tive for students to be adequately prepared.
Hufe says participating in industry events like
the U.S. Cyber Challenge, DC3, InfraGard, the
GWCSG exercise and the B-Sides Conference,
as well as Cyber Wildcats membership, are
huge factors in how successful a student will be
in finding a job in this challenging field.
“Say I’m a hiring manager, and I’m looking
at two resumes,” Hufe says. “One resume is
from a student who just went to class, got the
grades, had a decent GPA and graduated. Then
I look at the other one, and it’s got all these
competitions that they participated in, clubs
they belonged to. I think, ‘This is the one with
the passion. This is the one I want on my team.’ ”
That’s been proven true many times over in
the form of success stories in the workforce.
Members of the Cyber Wildcats club
participate in a cyber security competition.
PHOTOS BY SUSAN GREGG
WILMINGTON UNIVERSIT Y MAGAZINE