If anyone is at all interested in security I would recommend attending. I was on the team that took first place at the collegiate level competition and had a lot of fun, while learning tons in the process.<div><br><div><div>
ECpE - Iowa State University</div><div>CHS Desktop Operations Staff</div><div>IASG Secretary</div></div><br>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 2:53 PM, Josh More <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:MoreJ@alliancetechnologies.net">MoreJ@alliancetechnologies.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
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<div><font size="2">This event is similar to the competition that we went to in April, with two major exceptions. First, I got confirmation that we can run as a team this time, so there will be more learning opportunities. Second, it's against high schoolers
and not the last round of the college level, so it'll be easier and hopefully a lot more fun.<br>
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</font><font face="Verdana,sans-serif" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt" lang="en-US">For those that haven't played, it's a lot like a game of capture the flag that focuses on cyber security. The students build and secure environments the best that they
can. Then folks from the community show up for one day and help identify flaws in their system. They have
</span></font><font face="Verdana,sans-serif" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt" lang="en-US">reached out to us for assistance on this, so if you are free on Saturday, April 29th from 8:00am-6:00pm please consider stopping by.</span></font><font face="Verdana,sans-serif" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt" lang="en-US"><br>
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</span></font><font face="Verdana,sans-serif" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt" lang="en-US"><font size="2">On the technical side, they need attackers for the "red" team.. Do not worry if you've not done hacking or penetration testi</font>ng before.
I'll be there and can help you out. There are lots of tools that we can use for free and, if you're interested, we could work out a way for you to try out the commercial tools that I use on engagements. If you ever wanted to get your hands dirty on the security
side, this is the perfect opportunity to do so.</span></font><font face="Verdana,sans-serif" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt" lang="en-US"><br>
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On the business side, they need people to serve on what they call "green" team. If you want to see what our customers see when they are attacked, you can join this team. You would basically hang around with other people, use the systems that the students
build and complain when they don't work right. There is no technical skill required to do this, and it might give you a first-hand experience that you could leverage in future discussions with clients.</span></font><font face="Verdana,sans-serif" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt" lang="en-US"><br>
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<font face="Verdana,sans-serif" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt" lang="en-US">If you want to help kids learn and benefit the community, this is a great way to do it. There is free food and drink, so there is no cost to this event other than gas (and
if there are enough folks, </span></font><font face="Verdana,sans-serif" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt" lang="en-US">we could probably carpool). Please let me know if you are interested and I will build the volunteer list.</span></font><font face="Verdana,sans-serif" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt" lang="en-US"><br>
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