CyberPatriot sponsor Carey Anderson looks at a CyberPatriot testing image on Sept. 21. Anderson said many members also participate in the club to gain cybersecurity knowledge rather than to compete.

CyberPatriot will have its next meeting after school on Sept. 26 and will focus on teaching members how to solve a CyberPatriot image, a simulated computer with malware. According to David Racovan, CyberPatriot leader and junior, members must turn in their code of conduct and $40 club dues to Room F104 and fill out the Google Form application by Sept. 23.

“We’re currently processing applications, (which can be found on) our Discord server, and we’re starting to think about how we want to split up teams,” Racovan said. “Soon, we’ll be releasing testing images that are created by (officers) and we will take those scores and use them to create teams.”

Racovan said CyberPatriot has run into technical issues with getting practice images to load due to the school’s security measures. Despite these challenges, sponsor Carey Anderson said officers are trying to work with the school to display examples of CyberPatriot images at meetings.

“We’re trying to show (members)—without going against school rules—what a competition would look like, what they would ask you to do and what the scoresheet looks like,” Anderson said. “Until you’re in (the competition), it’s hard to understand; we’re trying to give people as much of a demonstration so they’re not unknowing of what to expect for six hours of competition.”