The summit offers immersive, hands-on workshops with real technical challenges and guided learning, connecting students with credible pathways into cyber careers.
The Loudoun County Public Schools Cyber Summit 2026 is a hands-on cybersecurity event designed for high school students in grades 9-12. Participants engage in immersive workshops covering critical areas such as cybersecurity, artificial intelligence (AI), ethical hacking, and hardware security. The summit offers practical, real-world activities including a Cyber Escape Room, where students solve team-based cyber puzzles involving password cracking, log analysis, cryptography, and forensics. In the AI Capture The Flag workshop, students analyze and defend AI systems while exploring concepts like prompt injection, model manipulation, and adversarial attacks. The AI Hardware Lab allows students to connect emotion-recognition AI outputs to Arduino-driven hardware for real-time physical reactions. Additionally, the IoT Penetration Testing Lab provides guided, hands-on experience in exploring smart-device vulnerabilities and beginner penetration testing concepts. The event aims to provide both curious beginners and experienced student technologists with technical challenges, guided learning, and credible pathways into cyber careers.
A typical day involves participating in hands-on workshops and labs focused on various cybersecurity topics, with opportunities for guided learning and technical challenges.
This summit is ideal for LCPS students in grades 9-12, from curious beginners to experienced student technologists, who are interested in cybersecurity and want to explore potential career pathways.
Briar Woods High School, 22525 Belmont Ridge Rd, Ashburn, VA 20148
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