North High teams in cyber security finals


North High School has two finalists teams --the only ones from New York-- in the international 2013 CSAW NYU-Poly HSF Competition (Cyber Security Awareness Week High School Forensics). The teams are August Chen, Jessy Lin, and Ashley Radparvar; and Maxwell (Max) Ainatchi and Daniel Hanover. North’s teams are among the 14 finalist teams from a field of over 200 entrants. The final round will be held at NYU-Poly’s Brooklyn campus. NYU-Poly covers all costs for participating teams.

The CSAW HSF Competition tests computer forensic knowledge and students’ abilities to analyze and inspect various pieces of electronic evidence related to a hypothetical crime.

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