Students Win First and Second Place in Cyber Forensic Competition
Students representing The University of Scranton came in first place and second place in the Cyber Forensic Student Competition sponsored by the U.S. Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Assistance. From left, are members of the team that placed second: Jessica Sommo, Commack, New York; Frank Magistro III, Hawley; and John A. McMonagle, Philadelphia; Sinchul Back, Ph.D., assistant professor and director of cybercrime and cybersecurity at the University; and members of the team that placed first: Bradley W. Rausch Sr., Byram Township, New Jersey; Emilia R. Tobey, Scotch Plains, New Jersey; and Andrew Cupo, West Orange, New Jersey.Students representing The University of Scranton came in first and second place in the annual Cyber Forensic Student Competition sponsored by the U.S. Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Assistance. Utica University hosted the virtual, two-day competition in April, which included evidence discovery, gathering and preservation, investigation and analysis and a formal written report documenting the forensic investigation.
This is the third consecutive year that Scranton students have taken first place in the competition, which included student teams from Boston University, University of Massachusetts-Lowell and Utica University, among other colleges. Sinchul Back, Ph.D., director of cybercrime and cybersecurity for the University’s Center for the Analysis and Prevention of Crime and assistant professor in the Department of Sociology, Cybersecurity and Sociology, served as the advisor for the teams.
Members of The University of Scranton’s team who placed first in the 2023 competition are: Andrew Cupo, West Orange, New Jersey, a cybercrime and homeland security and criminal justice double major in his sophomore year at Scranton; Bradley W. Rausch Sr., Byram Township, New Jersey, a cybercrime and homeland security major in his junior year at Scranton; and Emilia R. Tobey, Scotch Plains, New Jersey, a criminal justice major in her sophomore year at Scranton.
Members of the Scranton’s team that placed second are: Frank Magistro III, Hawley, a cybercrime and homeland security major in his sophomore year at Scranton; John A. McMonagle, Philadelphia, a cybercrime and homeland security and philosophy double major in his sophomore year at Scranton and Jessica Sommo, Commack, New York, a cybercrime and homeland security major in her first year at Scranton.
The University began offering a bachelor’s degree in cybercrime and homeland security in the fall of 2020 and master’s degree in cybercrime investigation and cybersecurity in a fully online format in the fall of 2022.
