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In late March, University of Detroit Mercy Cybersecurity and Information Systems student teams won $9,000 at the annual ISACA Cybersecurity Scholarship Competition for the Detroit Chapter. This is the third time in three years that UDM teams have brought home top prizes in this competition.   

UDM’s Team Neapolitan with students Preston Duller and John-Paul Marvin won first place and $4,000. Team Zero Trust, comprised of students Hannah Burdinie and Andrew Caswell, won second place and $2,500. Team Rootkit Consulting, with members Ali Laho, Austin Bruce and Nate Paulik, also won second place and took home $2,500.

This is the third time in three years that UDM teams placed among the best at this competition. This year’s first place team of Duller and Marvin also won first place in the same competition two years ago. And the second-place team of Burdinie and Caswell won first place in last year’s competition.    

Anne Kohnke, associate professor of Cybersecurity and director of the Detroit Mercy Center for Cybersecurity & Intelligence Studies, said that the success of these teams in three of the last three years demonstrates the exceptional quality of the UDM cybersecurity and Information Systems programs and commitment to helping students achieve success before they graduate.  

“Cybersecurity competitions are invaluable experiences for students. They learn technical troubleshooting skills and get to apply their critical thinking, research, and problem-solving skills to solve the technical aspects of a competition,” she said. “With the ISACA competition, students are also required to demonstrate the soft skills of presenting their findings to a panel of professional judges.”    

UDM’s Cybersecurity and Information Systems programs offer an exemplary education rooted in the institution’s Jesuit and Mercy mission. To learn more about bachelor’s and graduate programs, please email laidlags@udmercy.edu or visit .