US Cyber Games and TikTok have teamed up for a cyber competition.

US Cyber Games and TikTok turn cybersecurity into an esport

Cybersecurity is a big international priority, and to get more people into it, the U.S. government and industry are turning it into an esport.

TikTok is joining the first US Cyber Games and Team as a founding sponsor. US Cyber Games is led by social impact company Katzcy with support from the National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education program at the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.