Brandon Koch and Blake
Wiles from Conway Springs, Kansas are freshman on Kansas State’s Cyber Defense
Club competition team. While both young men are extremely tech savvy, becoming
an all-knowing computer and cyber defense whiz is not the sole goal of the
Cyber Defense team. The program works as a resource that helps individuals with
varying career paths become better prepared for their future by learning the
basics of computers and the technology that makes them work.
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Brandon Koch (top) and Blake Wiles
(bottom) work on their self-built
computers in their dorm rooms.
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“I’m looking at cyber defense
for some sort of government company,” stated Koch, who also has considered a
career that involves using algorithms to encrypt digital data. That process is
called cryptography and would require him to have a double major in math. Wiles,
on the other hand, is not planning a career that is directly related to cyber defense,
but plans to be a software engineer.
These freshman students
have already learned learn numerous basic skills while preparing for
competition, such as how Linux, Routers, and Modems work. Linux is an operating
system that is commonly found in professional industry. Routers and Modems find
themselves in nearly everyone’s daily life due to the fact almost every home or
workplace in America needs them to operate in modern society.
Team members will
testify that you don’t need to be focused on a career in cyber defense in order
to reap benefits from their club. Abilities such as un-hacking or removing
malware from your personal computer are among the many skills taught during
meetings and through competition. The general knowledge you gain prevents you
from depending on others in your daily life, when your computer problems are a
relatively easy fix.
Koch affirmed: “The
general knowledge is always helpful so if something goes wrong, you know where
to look or who to contact to help you.”
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