CyberSecurity Challenge

Saturday, March 6, 2021
Virtual: The virtual challenge will be hosted via Zoom. The Zoom room will be sent to the registrants the week prior to the challenge via email.

You are invited to Arizona State University’s West campus for the seventh annual Cybersecurity Challenge (virtual event)

This event brings talented minds from Arizona high schools and colleges together to solve challenging, real-world problems that today’s cyber professionals, digital forensic scientists and network/security/system engineers face.

This year the event organizers will host a cybersecurity bootcamp before the challenge to teach the basic concepts and principles of cybersecurity and digital forensics, and introduce practical tools and open source systems for traffic analysis and deep packet investigation.

The Cybersecurity Bootcamp includes:

• Introduction to Linux Operating System
• TCP/IP and Networking Fundamentals
• Overview of Cybersecurity and Digital Forensics

The Cybersecurity Challenge includes:

• Digital forensic analytics for detecting and analyzing cyber-attacks.
• Identifying and patching a series of cross-layer vulnerabilities in the networking devices or end systems.
• Analyzing the structure, content, behaviors and potential damage of mysterious executables and virus/worm packets.

Full Day Registration:

• 8:30–9 a.m. Bootcamp Registration
• 9–10 a.m. Keynote Speech
• 10 a.m.–12 p.m. Cybersecurity Bootcamp
• 12–1 p.m. Lunch Break
• 1–3 p.m. Cybersecurity Challenge
• 3–5 p.m. Final Scoring
• 5 p.m. Awards

Half Day Registration:

• 12:30–1 p.m. Challenge Registration
• 1–3 p.m. Cybersecurity Challenge
• 3–5 p.m. Final Scoring
• 5 p.m. Awards

Important things to know:

• Event is free.
• Open to high school through college students.
• Registration will close once all spots are full.

Dates

• Registration Open – January 15, 2021
• Registration Closes – Once all spots are full
• Cyber Challenge event day – Saturday, March 6, 2021

Important things to know:

• Event is free.

Registration opens January 15, 2021 at 9 a.m. https://na.eventscloud.com/cyber2021 

Carolyn Starr

carolyn.starr@asu.edu