About OTA and NSA Cyber Competitions

NSA is hosting the Cyber Exercise for both NSA and U.S. Cyber Command professionals so you may test your skills and knowledge within a controlled environment against your peers.  Ops Tech Alliance, LLC (OTA) develops educational content for use in National Security Agency (NSA) cyber competitions to enhance the skillset of the next generation of cyber warriors. Team OTA will also provide day-of-support for the competition.

OTA has advanced expertise in active attacks, cryptography, data analysis, forensics, malware, policy, reverse engineering, software development, and capture the flag type competitions.

Prepare For The NCX

Please do the following to prepare for the competition:

  • Watch the Coaches and Captains Sync recording
  • Review Resources (ConOps, background materials)
  • Watch the Webinars that cover various competition topics

Resources

Competition documentation, content resources, and an overview of the competition and appendices briefing areas of the operation, knowledge and skills, and references for content policies.

Webinar

Cyber is an invisible threat that is capable of unleashing real damage to America. Adversaries are more sophisticated and the number of cyber events are never-ending. Cybersecurity is a crucial component of a strong national defense. NSA helps educate, train, and test the cyber skills of current and future cyber professionals within the Department of Defense.

In advance of the competition, OTA has created webinar content to help educate participants in relevant cyber security topics.

Team Ops Tech Alliance

Ops Tech Alliance (OTA) is a certified SBA 8(a) Graduate, Small Disadvantaged Business (SDB), and Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB).
OTA’s singular focus is to bridge the gap between operations and technology to enable mission success. OTA was founded by former Special Operations Forces professionals with over 100 years of combined operational experience. Our clientele includes the U.S. Intelligence, Defense, and Law Enforcement communities. We provide professional training services and Role Player support for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the Intelligence Community (IC), and Special Operations Forces (SOF).

Our clients count on us to be the difference maker — to provide unique solutions and deliver successful outcomes for their most challenging missions.

Cyber Skyline, Inc is a leading cloud-based cybersecurity skills evaluation platform that helps students and professionals track their skills growth and enables businesses to find, identify, and cultivate talent. Cyber Skyline has extensive experience hosting cybersecurity competitions and exercises for more than 600 US colleges and universities and US Fortune 500 companies across the financial service, managed security service provider, and technology industries.

The Cyber Skyline Platform supports both individual and team-based competitions for thousands of players. All your progress stays synced up across all devices, making both individual and team games a breeze.

Get In Touch

Ops Tech Alliance (OTA) was founded by former National Security and Special Operations professionals with over 100 years of combined experience, and was formed with a singular focus: to bridge the gap between operations and technology to enable mission success. In the rapidly shifting arena of cyber security, mission success depends upon maintaining a technological advantage.  Our vision is to empower individuals and organizations with the tools to function safely in the virtual domain.  For more information about NSA’s cyber competitions, please contact NSA Public Affairs at [email protected].  And, for more information about setting up your own cyber exercise, please contact OTA at [email protected].

For technical support during the competition, please access Support Tickets in the competition platform (if you cannot log in, please contact [email protected]).

OTA is providing support to NCX and the NSA Cyber Exercise with a proven team that has been operating in the cybersecurity space for over 20 years.

Join the competition and empower yourself with
tools for the next generation of cyber warfare.