VICEROY Presents:
Iron Vanguard
Registration for Iron Vanguard will open January 30, 2026, with the competition taking place March 3-5, 2026.
Iron Vanguard is the third chapter of the 2025–2026 Challenge Series. Following the second chapter, Sentinel’s Watch, this next stage brings participants one step closer to the culminating chapter and the honor of the Gilded Guardian.
Over three immersive days, you’ll face simulated cyber threats that test your skills and shape the mindset of a true defender.
You’ll learn to analyze, adapt, and protect—under pressure and alongside peers from across the nation.
As part of the Joint Cyber Task Force, your team pushes deep into hostile digital territory. Pandora’s hardened Linux systems power their attacks—your job is to find the cracks, breach defenses, and seize control. Every system is a battlefield. Every vulnerability an opportunity.
When the attack comes, the vanguard rises.
Protect. Defend. Continue your journey to the Gilded Guardian, live at Symposium: April 15, 2026, at William and Mary.
Previous Chapter Highlights:
Chapter 1: Shieldbearer
Leaderboard
CyberWosh
Final Score
1:25:48
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MSU Delta
Final Score
2:12:01
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CyberCougs Crimson
Final Score
2:12:09
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That Time I Broke the Matrix and Now Have to Become the GIlded Guardian
Final Score
2:17:14
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Bits_N_Bytes
Final Score
2:27:05
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LEC^2
Final Score
2:27:20
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Decommissioned
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2:55:19
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no clue bro
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N/A
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shant
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Alamo Colleges Cyber Defenders
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Chapter 2: Sentinel's Watch
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Alamo Cyber Defenders
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1:38:00
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CyberWosh
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2:49:00
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LEC^2
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N/A
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CyberCougs Crimson
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GQuuuuuuX
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Too Many Tabs
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CyberCougs
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shant
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That Time I Broke the Matrix and Now Have to Become the GIlded Guardian
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Black Hat One
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