Volunteer

Our annual competitions are all made possible by dedicated volunteers

If you or your organization are interested in volunteering for the league or in the cyber defense competition, please contact us at contact@neccdl.org. If there is a specific team your interested in volunteering on check out their subpage for requirements, expectations and additional contact methods.

White Team

Representatives who serve as competition officials, moderators, and rule enforcement in the various competition rooms.

• Supply and score Blue Team tasks in the form of competition injects
• Adjudicate the scoring for the competition

Chief Judge

Responsible for final decisions concerning scoring. The chief judge has no active or historical, professional or personal affiliation with any school in the league.

Moderators

• Undertake moderator training offered by NECCDC
• Gain familiarity with using the required communication tools (e.g., Competition Discord)
• Submit questions and requests from the blue team members to the designated communication channels
• Check rosters to authenticate competitors & submitted equipment at check-in
• Ensure that competition rules are followed and any violations or situations of concern are reported to the White Team senior staff
• Submit survey feedback based on competition/team observations

Black Team

Black Team members are our competition technicians. They develop, deploy, and maintain a unique competition environment every year. They also configure remote access, Discord, the service scoring.

Gray Team

Helps write technical injects alongside the White Team.

Red Team

Orange Team

These competition staff build an integrated scenario storyline and simulates user activities in a manner that integrates with and contextualizes Black and White team activities. The team may also include individuals who act as employees, clients, or other external parties (e.g., C-suite personnel, law enforcement agents, etc.). These actors may interact with infrastructure systems and the Blue Team members during the competition experience.

Gold Team

The competition staff includes the Director, logistics, and sponsor relations coordinators.