NW CYBER CAMP 2025
Welcome to NW Cyber Camp, a summer cybersecurity camp offered at multiple college campuses across Oregon including in Bend, Corvallis, Eugene, Klamath Falls, the Portland metro area, and Salem.
NW Cyber Camp provides high school students with a comprehensive introduction to the rapidly growing field of cybersecurity. With hands-on learning experiences, industry guest speakers, and expert instructors, we believe that NW Cyber Camp 2025 will be a valuable experience for participants with no prior cybersecurity experience.
We are proud to offer Girls-Focused classes at Mt. Hood, Portland Community College, and Chemeketa Community College to help encourage and support female students interested in cybersecurity. These classes are led by women and include expert women guest speakers.
The summer 2025 schedule for the weeklong day camps is still under construction.
Funding is provided by various resources including GenCyber and the Oregon Cybersecurity Center of Excellence, making the career exploration opportunity free to Oregon teens.
CAPTURE THE FLAG: FEBRUARY 2025
If you participated in a NW Cyber Camp in 2024, you are invited to play an individual Capture The Flag (CTF) with other campers in February. This is similar to (and good practice for) the National Cyber League competitions for college students.
Flags, in a CTF cybersecurity competition, represent sensitive or secret information that would be stored on a computer. You will earn points towards prizes as you find and capture virtual “flags” by answering questions, proving that you recovered the sensitive data in various challenges. Players can have access to the “practice gym” as early as February 1. Playing in the gym will familiarize everyone with the Challenge Categories and format. Using the gym on your own time is not a requirement, but it is a great opportunity to practice finding flags and get comfortable in the environment.
This online competition will be played over 72 hours, February 20 – 24, 2025. The CTF will be open on Thursday at 4pm and end on Sunday at 4pm, offering ample time for sleep, meals, school, family, and play.
There is no cost for former campers to participate, but you will need an internet connection and a Chromebook (or better). Pre-registration and parent permission is required. Sign up here: https://bit.ly/OR-CTF-2025