Join the 5th Annual Cyber Cup Challenge at the National Cyber Summit - Prizes Available to Winning Teams!

The Fifth Annual Cyber Cup Challenge Hosted by Corelight

This year’s competition is hosted by Corelight and will take place at the 2023 National Cyber Summit on September 20-21 at the Von Braun Center in Huntsville, Alabama. This CTF event is aimed to challenge and test participants' technical skills in real-life simulated security-focused competition. Participants can find official rules here.

Who Can Participate:

All attendees who have are registered for the 2023 National Cyber Summit TWO DAY floor pass are allowed to participate. You must register for the Cyber Cup Challenge upon registering for the conference. All participants under the age of 18 will need a parent or guardian present at the conference to consent to participate. Upon completion of the CTF, winners MUST be in attendance to accept the prize.

Deadline:

The last day to register for the Cyber Cup Challenge is September 15, 2023 by 12p.m. CST.

Registration Categories:

There will be two registration categories available to compete in for the Cyber Cup Challenge at the 2023 National Cyber Summit.

Academic Category:

Registration for the Cyber Cup Challenge is free with the conference $75 TWO day floor pass. Students will be required to register with their college (.edu) or high school email addresses.

• Each team can have up to 4 members
• All members of the Academic team must be enrolled in high school or college as of Fall 2023 Semester
• Team members can be from different schools or universities
• If under the age of 18, your parent/gaurdian must be present the day of the competition.

Participants in the Academic category will pivot from Suricata alerts to Zeek® evidence, finding indicators of C2 beaconing, lateral movement, and data exfiltration along the way.

Plus, you’ll see how valuable our HTTP, DNS, SSL, and x509 logs (and more) are for common incident response and threat-hunting tasks.

Professional Category:

Registration for the Cyber Cup Challenge is free with the conference $75 TWO day floor pass.

• Each team can have up to 4 members

Participants in the Professional category will compete head-to-head on dozens of security challenges using Zeek data in Crowdstrike.

We’ve designed the questions in these scenarios to lead you through typical analyst processes, making them interesting to current practitioners while also approachable to folks who want to break into or advance in the security industry.

Schedule:

The Cyber Cup Challenge will begin on Wednesday, September 20th at 9:00a.m. and will end on Thursday, September 21st at 11:00a.m.
1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners will be granted to each category.

This year’s Cyber Cup Challenge should be a good opportunity to test your skills and have fun! Register today- we can’t wait to see you there!