The competition is open to active SkillsUSA members enrolled in programs with Cyber Security, Information Security, or Systems and Networking Security Architecture as occupational objectives. Students will be tested on the elements of the NIST Publication 800-181 Cybersecurity Workforce Framework categories including Securely Provision, Operate and Maintain, and Protect and Defend. This competition's skill performance stations are created to be part of a "scouting combine" where teams will demonstrate a wide range of skillsets needed in Cyber Security industry. This scouting combine will assess a team's knowledge and skills in a series of individual stations that will be totaled to determine the team's overall score.