Palmetto
Cyber Defense Competition

The event for 2025 will be held at Trident Technical College in North Charleston and will be held April 12-14.

A special thanks to our 2025 Title Sponsor: SRC !!!

 

About The Event

PCDC 2025 was held on April 12-14, 2025. Ten teams will be invited to compete on each day of the event with high schools competing on Saturday, colleges on Sunday, and the pros on Monday. CyberPatriot was used as the high school qualifier and the Southeast Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition for the collegiate qualifier. We once again hosted "Cyber in the Middle" (CITM) and also the Southeast Region Collegiate HackWarz on Saturday April 12.

Click Here to see a slide show of the event!

2025 Scenario:

Welcome to Palmetto Crossing, a quaint town who prides itself on its “by citizens, for citizens” approach to utility offerings. Feeling financial pressure, Mayor Scott Bell instituted an early retirement program that resulted in the loss of all senior information system professionals and a crippling knowledge gap on system operations. With this information being public knowledge, the water, power, sewage, and internet offerings have become targets for various malicious actors who seek to leverage data breeches, ransomware, and control of utilities for financial and political gain. To combat this, the city Chief Information Officer (I can’t remember the name that’s always used) has begun hiring new teams to regain control of these systems in efforts to ensure the cities utilities become protected and reliable once again. Join the Palmetto Crossing Department of Commerce team today and make public utilities great again!

The High School Teams that competed in 2025 are: AAST, Academic Magnet, Aiken Scholars Academy, Ashley Ridge, Cane Bay, Clover, CTE Innovation Center, Homeschool STEM, and Military Magnet

Collegiate Teams that competed: Citadel, Clemson, CofC, CSU, ECPI, HGTC, Naval Academy, TTC, UNCW, and USC

The Professional Teams that competed are: BAE, Dominion Energy, Navy Reserve Cyber East, SC National Guard, US Cyber Team, US Women's Cyber Team, and SRC

The Teams that competed in HackWarz: JohnPwnJones, H0pp3rsR0pp3rs, ForkBomb, USC Cyber, CitCyber, The Hack that Smiles Back, HGTC Team 1, HGTC Team 2, DeepStatt, and Voorhees CyberCatz