Last year, 70 of California’s students took home 500,000 in prizes that included training and scholarship money.

The COVID-19 pandemic dramatically increased our state’s reliance on virtual tools for meetings, shopping, education, healthcare and government services. Moving quickly to virtual environments also opened the door for a greater number of cyberattack attempts on information technology assets in California, across the country and throughout the world. Organized cybercriminal groups have increased phishing, ransomware and other cybercrimes against government entities, healthcare organizations, public utilities, education facilities and corporations.