Cyberdawn 2009 cyberwar exercise I am honored to be on the planning committee for CyberDawn 2009.About CyberDawnCyberDawn, to be held October 3rd and 4th “in” the DC area, and is an open Cyber security and Cyberwar exercise. “Open” means that people are welcome to attend without invitation 🙂 So “independent security researcher” aka hackers, are welcome to participate.Where? The physical CyberDawn will be hosted by Battlefield High School’s Information Technology and Robotics Programs. Battlefield High School is located in Haymarket, VA. People and teams will be in closed rooms and doing their magic apart from other teams. Who is Putting This TogetherTim Rosenberg, from White Wolf Security, is facilitating this important event. For more information, or if you would like to participate, observe, recruit, sponsor, provide event volunteers, or support in any other way, please contact him at 717-295-6201 or tim@whitewolfsecurity.com.How is CyberDawn OrganizedIn CyberDawn we will have defending teams, known as Blue Teams, defending digital assets. They will be defending computer databases and servers against Red Teams, attacking the same networks, servers, and databases and attempting to gain unauthorized access. Nothing is “pretend” here. If the hackers succeed, they will own, (or pwn) the data, and the Blues will have some serious egg on their faces. The planned player classes are: high school, college, civilian, military, and government. Unless they perform rather poorly, a top defending team will be declared for each player class. A top attacker would be announced too…Teams and players will be scored across a number of metrics similar to how they would perform in the real world.In addition to being an exercise, Cyber Dawn will also be a job fair and cyber security awareness event.What’s the Point?The point is to learn. Blues learn about new technologies and ideas and “deviant” thinking. Reds learn how the best-in-breed protect their networks.Who’s Going to be There:Well, here are some reservations already made to CyberDawn 2009 (all nicknames on the Blue side are my inventions): Partial List of CyberDawn 2009 Participants On the Blue side: On the Red Side (from over 30 so far): US Air Force Academy (The Blue Air Defenses) Pauldotcom US Military Academy at West Point (The Long Grey Queue) Mubix The Justice League of America (Online) (The Marvels) Delphi BAE Systems (The Blue Sleeves) ftp Data Tactics (Strategos) beannieb ITT Cyber (Blue Mortars) monmoi Anne Arundel Community College weeblo Community College of Baltimore County Warezjoe George Mason University cktricky University of Maryland, Baltimore County For more detail, see theAgenda here (PDF) , theRules here (PDF), and a Scoring Video here. If you want to see the Network Design, that is here.Permalink Related content brandpost Sponsored by Freshworks When your AI chatbots mess up AI ‘hallucinations’ present significant business risks, but new types of guardrails can keep them from doing serious damage By Paul Gillin Dec 08, 2023 4 mins Generative AI brandpost Sponsored by Dell New research: How IT leaders drive business benefits by accelerating device refresh strategies Security leaders have particular concerns that older devices are more vulnerable to increasingly sophisticated cyber attacks. By Laura McEwan Dec 08, 2023 3 mins Infrastructure Management case study Toyota transforms IT service desk with gen AI To help promote insourcing and quality control, Toyota Motor North America is leveraging generative AI for HR and IT service desk requests. By Thor Olavsrud Dec 08, 2023 7 mins Employee Experience Generative AI ICT Partners feature CSM certification: Costs, requirements, and all you need to know The Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) certification sets the standard for establishing Scrum theory, developing practical applications and rules, and leading teams and stakeholders through the development process. By Moira Alexander Dec 08, 2023 8 mins Certifications IT Skills Project Management Podcasts Videos Resources Events SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER From our editors straight to your inbox Get started by entering your email address below. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe