The 2024 NSA Codebreaker Challenge is an annual competition organized by the National Security Agency (NSA) that offers students from U.S.-based academic institutions the opportunity to tackle real-world cybersecurity scenarios.
This academic competition challenges actively enrolled undergraduate students to develop comprehensive cybersecurity strategies for protecting business systems against increasingly sophisticated cyber-attacks. Participants will engage in critical decision-making processes, analyzing and selecting advanced security tools and methodologies to safeguard operational assets and maintain stakeholder trust. Students are required to research and develop a competition report, summary video, and presentation that address key aspects of cybersecurity, including end-to-end attack detection, alert triage, threat hunting, investigation techniques, orchestration of security measures, and automated response activities. This initiative aims to prepare future cybersecurity practitioners and leaders to tackle real-world challenges in protecting corporate business systems and applications. By participating, students will gain valuable experience in assessing cyber threats and implementing robust defense strategies. The competition is open to new participants, with previous winners of STF competitions being ineligible to participate, ensuring fresh perspectives and innovative approaches to cybersecurity challenges.
Hivestorm is a collegiate-focused cyber defense competition. Teams compete by securing provided Windows and Linux based virtual machines - removing malware and other infections, correcting misconfigurations, mitigating vulnerabilities, disabling vulnerable services, and so on. Teams accumulate points for addressing each scored issue and must race against the clock to accumulate as many points as they can before time expires.
The NCL competition provides students with experience in solving real-world cybersecurity challenges such as identifying hackers from forensic data, pentesting and auditing vulnerable websites, recovering from ransomware attacks, and more.
A weekend-long competitive event where individual players will attempt to solve as many challenges as they can.
The SANS Holiday Hack Challenge 2024: Snow-maggedon is here! Listen to Ed Skoudis, Chief Holiday Officer, in the Welcome and Game Orientation video to make the most of this cyber range. Join us on Discord to chat with other players, share tips, and connect through text or voice channels. Follow us on X for the latest updates. And if you're up for it, enter the contest for a chance to win one of the coveted Holiday Hack Challenge prizes!
The Department of Energy (DOE) leverages the technical expertise of its national laboratories to develop unique scenarios and facilitate participation by students from across the United States. Currently in its ninth iteration, the CyberForce Competition works to increase 1) hands-on cyber education to college students and professionals, 2) awareness of the nexus between critical infrastructure and cybersecurity, and 3) basic understanding of cybersecurity within a real world scenario.
The NCL competition provides students with experience in solving real-world cybersecurity challenges such as identifying hackers from forensic data, pentesting and auditing vulnerable websites, recovering from ransomware attacks, and more.
A weekend-long competitive event. Players will compete in teams of up to 7 and work to solve as many challenges as they can. You can also participate as a team of 1 if you would like to compete solo.
Hosted at Waukesha County Technical College, Sponsored by Perplexity, and Organized by Epochal Intelligence:
This competition welcomes students from any major to utilize AI for the better. Competitors will be presented with multiple problems the day of the challenge. They must then choose a problem and efficiently determine a solution for it.
The solution can be: a slide deck, speech, website, or anything else you can create. Your submission will be graded by a panel of judges.
Prizes will be awarded to the winners consisting of cash, merchandise, and more.
Competitors are required to bring their own devices. This event is in person but will not supply computers.
Location: Waukesha County Technical College - AI Lab at the Q Building
Advent of Cyber is your festive gateway into cyber security. Each day of this cyber security event leading up to Christmas, you'll face new byte-size challenges that will test and expand your cyber security knowledge.
Dive into the festive fun and sharpen your skills as you help thwart Mayor Malware's mischievous plans. Get ready for a thrilling journey that promises excitement and growth for everyone! Each free cyber security task is accompanied by supportive resources and a guided video tutorial from your favorite YouTube creators, ensuring you're never left out in the cold.
And with over $100,000 worth of prizes up for grabs, you have every reason to get involved in the fun!
The Milwaukee Bucks Hackathon is an annual analytics competition that challenges undergraduate college students to solve real business and basketball challenges for the Bucks organization. Engineered by Modine Manufacturing, the most recent event attracted over 80 students from nearly a dozen schools worldwide, competing in both Basketball Analytics and Business Analytics tracks. Notable winners include the University of Chicago, UC Berkeley, and Syracuse University in the Basketball Track, while the University of Toronto, UW-Milwaukee, and UC Berkeley excelled in the Business Track. A standout achievement came from the University of Central Florida's industrial engineering team, who won the third annual competition by developing sophisticated analytics solutions including random forest machine learning algorithms, neural networks, and multi-variate linear regression models to improve ticketing strategies and fan experience. First-place winners receive VIP tickets to a Bucks home game, transportation and hotel accommodations if needed, and on-court recognition during the game, making it an excellent opportunity for identifying emerging talent in sports analytics while generating innovative solutions for the organization's challenges.
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