UVA Cybersecurity Team Takes 2nd Place at Virginia's 2026 Commonwealth Cyber Fusion Competition

The University of Virginia's cybersecurity team took 2nd place in the Virginia Cyber Cup competition. Cyber Fusion is an invitation-only event for the 27 Virginia colleges that are NSA/NHS designated National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense (CAE-CD). George Mason University took first place and the College of William and Mary finished third.

In the Virginia Cyber Cup competition, teams tackle problems in scenarios designed to model real-world computer security challenges across a range of categories that includes cryptography, network traffic analysis, reverse engineering, steganography, and more. About 150 undergraduate competitors and alternates, plus their instructors and advisors attend each year.