The Tennessee Department of Safety & Homeland Security and TCAT Shelbyville are proud to once again bring together individuals from education, government, and industry for a different type of conference this year. Like many other events, we are going virtual due to the pandemic. We are committed to showcasing the latest information, strategies, best practices, and innovative solutions to address today’s challenges in cybersecurity - but doing it virtually.
This year, the program will consist of two elements. The first, interviews with subject matter experts about current and future concerns surrounding Information Technology and Infrastructure Management - then posted here as articles. The second element, we will conduct a remote Capture the Flag (CtF). The CtF will be made up of real-world servers with vulnerabilities baked into them that participants must find and capture. More information, including the rules and registration are listed below. The CtF will be limited to 75 participants - register early!
The servers will be in an isolated NOC/SOC operated by the Information Technology and Infrastructure Management program at the TCAT Shelbyville Cyber Center.
Interviews of Subject Matter Experts
Look for interviews from Brent White, We Hack People, Curtis Clan, CISO - State of Tennessee and Scott Augenbaum, Retired FBI Cyber Division Special Agent, now Author, Speaker and Consultant and more soon!
Capture the Flag Registration and Rules
Cost: Free
Registration
Participant representative must register each member of their team individually via email and must include a request to participate on company letterhead or school letterhead
- Register with Steve.Mallard[@]tcatshelbyville.edu – Subject Line: 2020 CtF
- Participant or representative must use a company or school email for each person
- An approval email (receipt) will be returned to you within 36 hours
- Deadline is October 20, 2020
Event Rules
- Each individual representative is responsible for checking IP addresses before attacking and gathering information about the given target
- Each participant will be given streaming information, specifically, link, meeting, and password information. You will also be given an access code. This information must remain confidential.
- The morning of the event, you will be placed in a waiting room and you must privately message the host your access code in order to be let into the meeting
- When entering the event, you MUST use your registered team name or real name
- You must mute your microphone until the event starts
- You must turn on your webcam
- Inappropriate backgrounds, language or public chat can result in removal from the event
- Check in begins at 08:00 CST
- The event starts at 08:30 CST
- The event ends at 11:00 CST
- Four target servers with various vulnerabilities will be available for attacking
- You must gather keys (plain text files) and take the keys from the servers
- The keys will be emailed to the host at the end of the event
- Rules are subject to change (always check here) until the beginning of the event
Prizes this Year
- · Trophies and medals
- · USBs with software
- · Books
- · DeAuthentication Watch
- · More
Prizes will be mailed to winners. Please allow 2-4 weeks for delivery
The Middle Tennessee Cyber Conference proudly supports the Governor’s Investment in Vocational Education (GIVE) Initiative. https://bit.ly/2mGHimo A special thank you goes to the students and faculty at the Tennessee College of Applied Technology Shelbyville for designing and running the Capture the Flag (CtF) competition. It should be noted that the students of this college designed, built, and run all technical aspects of the CtF!
