About Us

At Layer Zero we have two main goals: provide knowledge in general cybersecurity and prepare members to compete in National Cyber League’s ‘Capture the Flag’.

National Cyber League (NCL) hosts Capture the Flag (CTF) twice a year, a competition where you must find a digital flag using your “hacker” skills. The competition tests your knowledge in several categories, such as cryptography, reverse engineering, web-vulnerabilities and network security. At Layer Zero, we train weekly in order to hone are skills and perform well in CTF.

We also provide resources to prepare members to take the Security+ examination, an entry level certification required by most employers in the Cybersecurity Industry.

Officers

Michael Lazeroff
President

Arian Izadi
Vice President

Phillipe Austria
Graduate Advisor

Jhaell Jiménez
Treasurer

Genaro Baez
Fundraising

Dillon Harder
Webmaster

Samer Youssouf
Marketing

Christian Rodriguez
Public Relations

Fabrizio Valdivia
Historian

Angel Garcia
Lab & System Administrator

Bryce Sowers
Software Engineer

Advisers

Yoohwan Kim, Ph.D.
CISSP, CISA, CEH, CPT
Professor
Computer Science Department

Ju-Yeon Jo, Ph.D.
Professor
Computer Science Department