International 'US Cyber Games' Competition Seeks Next Generation of Cybersecurity Experts (washingtonpost.com)
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- News link: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/21/10/17/2253258/international-us-cyber-games-competition-seeks-next-generation-of-cybersecurity-experts
- Source link: https://www.washingtonpost.com/video-games/2021/10/15/cybersecurity-hacks-esports/
Though it's a partnership between the federal government, academia and the private sector, it's being run by Katzcy, a northern Virginia-based digital marketing firm, the Post reports:
> [2]U.S. Cyber Games , a project founded in April and funded by the National Institute of Standards and Technology's National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education, has assembled a team of 25 Americans, ages 18 to 26, who will compete against other countries in the inaugural International Cybersecurity Challenge, scheduled to be held in Greece in June 2022.
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> The cyber games consist of two broad formats, with the competitions organized and promoted to appeal to a generation raised on video gaming. The goal is to identify and train candidates for careers in cybersecurity. There are king-of-the-hill-type games where one team tries to break into a network while the other team tries to defend it. There are also capture-the-flag-type games where teams must complete a series of puzzles that follow the basic tenets of cybersecurity programs, like decrypting an encrypted file or analyzing secret network traffic...
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> The U.S. cyber team's head coach, retired Lt. Col. TJ O'Connor who served as a communications support officer with special forces, noted the unique platform presented by cybersecurity competitions. Unlike other forms of computer science education, O'Connor said, staying up to date on the latest developments in cybersecurity is difficult, with hackers constantly iterating on and developing new tactics to break through cyberdefenses. "Understanding the most likely attack is one thing you gain through Cyber Games. It's an attack-based curriculum, and then you can plan the most appropriate strategies when they occur," said O'Connor, who helped create and now chairs Florida Tech's cybersecurity program.
[1] https://www.washingtonpost.com/video-games/2021/10/15/cybersecurity-hacks-esports/
[2] https://www.uscybergames.com/
real security does not comply with rules (Score:3)
to have real security you do not comply with all rules and when it's forced to then you just do things that the rules say they can't do / the rules say you can't use X in defense
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> Everything is hackable.
Incorrect. Only systems that are flawed, vulnerable, and accessible can be hacked. Yes, 99.99% of systems are flawed but far fewer are vulnerable and even fewer are accessible. Many systems have no way of even being modified because they run off of OTP (One Time Programmable) memory. Once it's programmed, that's it, you can't change the program which is very problematic when they also don't use external memory or have an network connection.
You may not think of it them as computers but things like your T
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more and more appliances are wifi enabled. that includes fridge, washing machine, ovens, lightbulbs, sousvid, etc. just do a search on homedepot. Before you say, but just buy one without wifi, tell me where I can buy a TV w/o android on it.
The best of the best (Score:2)
will be sidelined because of their fondness for weed.
Gamified security training can be helpful (Score:3)
A company I once worked at had a 3-day security training that was run as a competition mostly aimed at developers in the company. They used AWS to set up a fake e-retailer for each contestant.
They'd do a short session about a type of security hack (e.g. SQL injection) then there would be challenges to accomplish some number of hacks (each with points based on difficulty). If you got stuck, there were breakouts where you could talk with other contestants and get clues and hints from the coaches.
They had a leader board showing the top contestants.
My main take-away is that hacking requires a lot of creativity on top of technical know-how and I often got stuck with having figured out one way to do a task (e.g. hack the prices in my shopping cart) but couldn't think of the other possible ways that would have gotten me more points.
We all know who will win (Score:2)
The winner will be the one who can pull the best Kobayashi Maru.
Be prepared! (Score:3)
It's going to be televised on NBC. Highlights will include quick draw of DVDs, skateboarding through whatever metro area, an evil antagonist with a moronic girlfriend, at least one FBI agent with his head up his ass fawning on the press, and generally no content whatever. HACK THE PLANET!
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Hacker needs some cyberimplants to keep up with the bad guys AI.
Re:Be prepared! (Score:4, Funny)
I can't cyberwait to cybersee that on cybertelevision. I'll have to cybermake cybersure I cyberhave enough cyberpopcorn!