[Cialug] Cyber Defense Competiton - late April

[Barry Von Ahsen]

I also highly recommend attending - I've mentored the Central Campus HS 
team for the last 4 years, and it's a ton of fun from the blue team side

I was also able to play red team in April for the college contest, and 
that was even more fun :)


-barry



On 3/30/2011 3:09 PM, Michael Davis wrote:
> 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.
>
> ECpE - Iowa State University
> CHS Desktop Operations Staff
> IASG Secretary
>
>
>
> On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 2:53 PM, Josh More
> <MoreJ at alliancetechnologies.net>wrote:
>
>>    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.
>>
>> 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 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.
>>
>> On the technical side, they need attackers for the "red" team..  Do not
>> worry if you've not done hacking or penetration testing 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.
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> 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, we could probably
>> carpool).  Please let me know if you are interested and I will build the
>> volunteer list.
>>
>> More information on the event is at
>> http://www.it-adventures.org/itolympics.html
>>
>>
>>      Josh More | Senior Security Consultant - CISSP, GIAC-GSLC Gold,
>> GIAC-GCIH
>> Alliance Technologies | www.AllianceTechnologies.net
>> 400 Locust St., Suite 840 | Des Moines, IA 50309
>> 515.245.7701 | 888.387.5670 x7701
>>
>> Blog: Don't just blame the bad guys, it's your fault too
>> http://www.alliancetechnologies.net/blogs/morej
>>
>> How are we doing? Let us know here:
>>
>> http://www.alliancetechnologies.net/forms/alliance-technologies-feedback-survey
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Cialug mailing list
>> Cialug at cialug.org
>> http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/cialug
>>
>>
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Cialug mailing list
> Cialug at cialug.org
> http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/cialug