CyberPatriot is a national youth cyber education program created in the United States to help direct students toward careers in cybersecurity or other computer, science, technology, engineering, and mathematics disciplines.

It features the annual National Youth Cyber Defense Competition for high and middle school students.

JROTC units of all Services, Civil Air Patrol squadrons, and Naval Sea Cadet Corps divisions may also participate in the competition.

Outside of the regular competition, CyberPatriot also hosts two additional sub-programs: Summer CyberCamps[2] and an Elementary School Cyber Education Initiative.

CyberPatriot began in 2009 as a proof-of-concept demonstration at AFA's Air Warfare Symposium in Orlando, Florida.

The qualification rounds of the competition are completed online at the teams’ home locations from September to early January.

Before the round, teams download virtual image representations of operating systems with known flaws or cybersecurity vulnerabilities.

Due to the widespread outbreak of COVID-19, the CyberPatriot XIII season had modifications to accommodate the delay in team administration as well as provisions for additional procedures for competing at home.

Because the spread of COVID-19 in the US continued, some schools had restrictions on in-person activities, which was accounted for by arrangements for optionally staying home to compete as well as an organization type for registration.