On Saturday, October 10, 2009, James Madison University hosted their second annual Cyber Defense Competition. This year, there were three teams made up of JMU students, and two teams made up of high school students with JMU student advisors. The attackers were played by employees of Gemini Security Solutions, Computer Sciences Corporation, some JMU alumni, and other friends. The competition is based loosely on the setup of National Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition events. Each team is scored on their ability to correct problems on their network of machines, perform IT-related business tasks, keep critical systems operating, and defend their networks from the attackers. In the JMU competition, the defenders are allowed to work to secure their systems for one hour[…]