@article{3468, author = {Yunkai Liu}, title = {A Virtual and On-site Hackathon to Recruit High School Students within Cybersecurity Major}, journal = {Information Security Education Journal}, year = {2021}, volume = {8}, number = {2}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.6025/isej/2021/8/2/31-38}, url = {https://www.dline.info/isej/fulltext/v8n2/isejv8n2_1.pdf}, abstract = {Cybersecurity is a rapidly growing field with jobs in high demand, however, it becomes a challenge to inspire high school student interest in the discipline. Traditionally, a hackathon is an event designated to broaden participation and perceptions in computing. It is usually programming-intensive and does not fulfil the features of cybersecurity. Faculty and staff from Gannon University recently designed and implemented an innovative hackathon event which included both virtual and on-site competitions. Student feedback and growth of enrolment demonstrated the program’s efficiency and effectiveness under tight-budget circumstances. This paper is an extension of work presented at Frontier in Education (FIE) 2020 and published in its proceedings [1].}, }