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🎉 Happy New Year 2026! 🎉
Newsletter • January 2026
Here’s to Another Year of Cyber Excellence!
Hello Cyber Warriors Family,
🎊 Happy New Year! Welcome to 2026 and our first newsletter of the year! As we kick off another exciting year, we’re thrilled to share updates about our team’s achievements, upcoming competitions, and the incredible journey ahead. Let’s make 2026 our best year yet!
Cyber Warriors Gear Up for an Action Packed Semester
Featured News
As the spring 2026 semester begins, our team is hitting the ground running. Our first practice back from break consisted of setting up a practice environment. We are preparing for our most busy time of year, CCDC. See our upcoming competition dates below!
Recent News & Updates
Cyber Warriors Place 4th in the Collegiate Penetration Testing Competition
October 18, 2025
The Cyber Warriors competed in the Midwest Regional CPTC hosted at Baldwin Wallace in Berea, Ohio. This competition, with an almost all brand new roster tested communication, collaboration, and ethical hacking skills.
The 2024-25 CPTC team, from left to right we have Felipe Alviso, Luca Caramihai, Logan Zoll, Makail Ruth, Aiden Hutchins, Maggie Trowbridge, Martin Topp, and Avery Hughes
Upcoming Events & Competitions
SEMO CCDC Invitational
Another invitational for our non-active CCDC roster, where they will compete against other teams at Southeast Missouri State to protect and manage a mock company’s network. Two of our members are also a part of the red team for this event.
Indiana State Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition
The team will return hoping for their 15th straight victory in the state round of CCDC, a competition where college teams compete to protect and manage a mock company’s network from real-time cyberattacks.
Iowa State ISEAGE
The team will be competing in a brand new competition hosted by Iowa State. In this cyberforce like competition, team members receive Windows and Unix machines and work to complete cryptography challenges, survive red team attacks, and write incident reports.
Team Spotlight
Martin Topp
Windows Specialist | Web Dev | Sophomore | 2nd Year Cyber Warrior
Congratulations to our Windows lead Martin Topp for his new internship with Google! We’re wishing you luck!
Meet the Team
The 2025/2026 Indiana Tech Cyber Warriors team.
Hall of Fame Spotlight
Celebrating the Warriors who built this team into what it is today
Matt Hansen
2010-2025 • Team Coach, Mentor, and Friend
For 15 years, Matt Hansen served as the Cyber Warriors’ coach, mentor, and friend. His dedication and guidance helped shape countless team members and build the program into the championship powerhouse it is today. With advanced degrees in Network Engineering, Engineering Management, and Information Systems Security, plus over 50 industry certifications, Matt’s expertise and commitment to excellence left an indelible mark on every Cyber Warrior he mentored.
Current Position
Principal Cloud Technologist
Microsoft – Cloud & AI, Health and Life Sciences
Current Tech Happenings
Recent Project Updates
Several members have stepped up to do grant work through the Talwar College of Engineering and Computer Science. This includes Digital Literacy for Seniors, a project focused on community outreach to assist seniors in the Fort Wayne area with technology they may not understand. Many members are also a part of IUSE, a project focused on identifying ethics gaps in AI usage across many fields, to teach Tech’s AI bachelor’s students how to be ethical with AI.
Big kudos to coaches David Li and Changhao Chenli for making these grant projects happen and bringing them to member’s attention.
Thank You to Our Sponsors
We’d like to extend a heartfelt thank you to our sponsors. To Zak King, Avery Hughes, and David Li, thank you for your generous support and encouragement. Your contributions have made a real difference for our team; helping us learn, grow, and take on new challenges with confidence.
Stay Connected
Have a story to share? Want to support the team? We’d love to hear from you and keep you involved with the Cyber Warriors community!
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Written by Maggie Trowbridge, Director of Communications
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