The cyber@CIT hacking team competes in both red and blue team competitions that provide students with hands-on experience in real-world cyber operations. Competing with the team is the most effective (and fun) method for improving your cybersecurity skills and obtaining experience sought after for internships, jobs, and scholarships.

The University of New Haven is also the host of the CPTC New England Regional.

Red Team #

The Collegiate Penetration Testing Competition (CPTC) is an annual offense-focused competition that holds a regional round in November and a Global round in January. Competitors act as penetration testers hired to conduct a security assessment on the client organization, exploiting vulnerabilities in the network and obtaining unauthorized access along the way.

Blue Team #

Blue team competitions force teams to defend their networks against persistent attacks from a red team. Teams earn points for maintaining their services and exterminating attackers from their systems. Two popular blue team competitions, the Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition (CCDC) and Information Security Talent Search (ISTS), both take place during the spring semester.

CTF #

Capture the Flag (CTF) competitions involve solving smaller, individual challenges that challenge competitors to use their exploitation, forensics, reverse engineering, or cryptography skills. Teams earn points with each challenge solved and the team with the most points at the end is the winner. There are many CTF competitions, happening almost every weekend.

Competition Placements #

* denotes captain

CPTC 2024 #

• 2nd place, New England Regional 🥈

Roster: Jonathan Chute*, Jessica Berrios, Mark Daniels, Ronald Scarpa, Ryan Stapleton, Kristine Zurovchak, Matthew Liselli

CCDC 2024 #

• Advanced to regionals

Roster: Jonathan Chute*, Jessica Berrios, Nicholas Dellagrotte, Matthew Liselli, Jordan Saleh, Ronald Scarpa, Ryan Stapleton, Will Turner

ISTS 2024 #

• 3rd place 🥉

Roster: Jonathan Chute*, Jordan Saleh, Ronald Scarpa, Ryan Stapleton, Will Turner

CPTC 2023 #

• 3rd place, New England Regional 🥉

Roster: Jonathan Chute*, Nicholas Dubois, Jordan Saleh, Ronald Scarpa, Ryan Stapleton, Will Turner

CCDC 2023 #

• Advanced to regionals

Roster: Jonathan Chute*, Nicholas Dubois, Jordan Saleh, Ronald Scarpa, Devyn Souza, Ryan Stapleton, Zachary Trowbridge, Mateusz Wiszniewski

CPTC 2022 #

• 3rd place, New England Regional 🥉

Roster: Charles Barone*, Nicholas Dubois, Jonathan Chute, Matthew Smith, Ryan Stapleton, Mateusz Wiszniewski, Zachary Trowbridge

CCDC 2022 #

• Advanced to regionals

Roster: Charles Barone*, Nicholas Dubois, Jonathan Chute, Matthew Smith, Devyn Souza, Ryan Stapleton, Zachary Trowbridge, Mateusz Wiszniewski

CPTC 2021 #

• 2nd place, New England Regional 🥈
• Advanced to international finals

Roster: Samuel Zurowski*, Charles Barone, Nicholas Dubois, Mathew Piscitelli, Robert Serafin, Tyler Thomas

CCDC 2021 #

• 2nd place, Northeast Regional 🥈
• Advanced to national wildcards

Roster: Charles Barone*, Steven Atilho, Nicholas Dubois, Killian Meehan, Mathew Piscitelli, Destiny Ray, Robert Serafin, Xenia Sitterer, Tyler Thomas, Samuel Zurowski

CPTC 2020 #

• 3rd place, New England Regional 🥉

Roster: Samuel Zurowski*, Charles Barone, Bhavik Nahar, Mathew Piscitelli, Robert Serafin, Tyler Thomas

CCDC 2019 #

• Advanced to regionals

Roster: Samuel Zurowski*, TJ Balon, Charles Barone, Killian Meehan, Mathew Piscitelli, Robert Serafin, Ilya Shavrov, Tyler Thomas

CYBERSEED 2019 #

• 5th place

Roster: Samuel Zurowski*, Mathew Piscitelli, Robert Serafin, Tyler Thomas

CPTC 2018 #

• 3rd place, Northeast Regional 🥉
• Advanced to national finals

Roster: TJ Balon*, Peter Casey, Justin Grannis, Trevor Haigh, Matt Topor, Samuel Zurowski

CPTC 2017 #

• 3rd place, Northeast Regional 🥉
• Advanced to national finals

Roster: TJ Balon*, Justin Grannis, James Hebert, Chris Meffert, Rob Schmicker, Matt Topor, Corbin White

CYBERSEED 2017 #

• 2nd place 🥈

Roster: TJ Balon*, Chris Meffert, Rob Schmicker, Matt Topor, Corbin White