{"REDIRECT_FROM_URL":"/ciphertechchallenge","BASE_URL":"/events/cipher-tech-challenge-underrepresented-groups","EVENT":"Online Challenge for Underrepresented Groups","EVENT_SHORT":"Online Challenge for Underrepresented Groups","REF":"CT_UG_2025","YEAR":2025,"CLIENT":"Cipher Tech","WORLD":"Online Challenge for Underrepresented Groups","LEVELS":[{"world":"Online Challenge for Underrepresented Groups"}],"EVENT_START":"2025-03-07T18:00:00.000Z","EVENT_STOP":"2025-03-22T01:00:00.000Z","REGISTRATION_BEGIN":"2025-02-07T17:00:00.000Z","REGISTRATION_DEADLINE":"2025-03-01T04:59:00.000Z","LEADERBOARD_LEAGUES":["Overall"],"LOCATION_1":"Online, open to anyone","LOCATION_2":"Must be located in the U.S. to receive a prize","TIMEZONE":"America/New_York","MAX_TEAM_PLAYERS":1,"LOGO_URL":"/img/clients/ciphertech_white.png","LOGO_ALIGN":"center","HERO_BACKGROUND_URL":"/img/circuit_board.jpg","RESUME_UPLOAD":true,"LAYOUT":"FLAT","SECTION_COLUMNS":2,"SECTIONS":[{"header":"Objective","background":"rgb(255, 255, 255)","content":[{"content":"Cipher Tech’s event is an online cybersecurity challenge for underrepresented students and professionals interested in a career in forensic software development and reverse engineering. Over the course of a 2-week period, you will encounter challenges that will have you perform the same tasks that forensic software developers do every day. Questions will prompt for free response (e.g. submit the software vulnerability type or demonstrate proof of concept exploit to capture a flag) and challenge your critical thinking skills."},{"button":{"color":"blue","content":"View Leaderboard","href":"/events/cipher-tech-challenge-underrepresented-groups/leaderboard","size":"large","as":"a","style":{"marginTop":"2em"}}}]},{"color":"rgb(255, 255, 255)","background":"linear-gradient(-30deg, rgb(60, 140, 203), rgb(35, 83, 121) 70%)","header":"Prizes & Eligibility","content":[{"content":[{"header":"1st Place","content":"$350 Amazon Gift Card"},{"header":"2nd - 3rd Place","content":"$150 Amazon Gift Card each"},{"header":"4th - 10th Place Raffle","content":"$100 Amazon Gift Card"}],"horizontal":true},{"header":"Eligibility","content":"Only open to anyone, must be located in the U.S. to receive a prize. You may not receive any assistance from anyone else & you must participate within the event time frame listed on this page. Cipher Tech employees are eligible to participate but not eligible for prizes."}]},{"header":"Resources","content":"All that you need to participate in the Online Challenge for Underrepresented Groups is a computer with an Internet connection and a modern browser (latest versions of Chrome, Firefox, Safari, or Edge). An installation of Kali Linux is recommended to get the full experience, but it is not required. During the challenge, you will need to utilize your problem-solving skills and Internet resources to solve challenges related to forensic software development.\n\nNote that you will have limited number of attempts for each challenge. In general, the format for flags is \"SKY-ABCD-####\"\n\nHaving trouble with the platform? You can open a Support Ticket on our system and someone will get back to you ASAP."},{"textAlign":"left","header":"Schedule","background":"rgb(255, 255, 255)","schedule":[{"name":"Start of Challenge","description":"You can access the challenge content anytime before the end of the challenge.","icon":"flag","start":"2025-03-07T18:00:00.000Z"},{"name":"Virtual Happy Hour","description":"Come hang out for career advice, networking, and Q&As. The Cipher Tech team will send out an email invites to everyone to join the event.","icon":"handshake","start":"Mar 13, time TBD"},{"name":"End of Challenge","description":"That's a wrap, submission will close and final winners will be announced.","icon":"flag","stop":"2025-03-22T01:00:00.000Z"}]},{"header":"Challenge Rules","content":[{"content":"Violation of event rules may result in disqualification"},{"textAlign":"left","header":"1. Individuals must be based and living in the United States to receive a prize.","content":"Non-U.S. based individuals are not eligible to receive a prize."},{"textAlign":"left","header":"2. Participants may ask event organizers questions","content":"Including, but not limited to, clarifications on challenge directives & challenge rules; however, organizers may not answer specific requests for aid with a challenge. If you think you are going to do something questionable, ask an organizer first."},{"textAlign":"left","header":"3. Disputes must be addressed to a challenge organizer","content":"Items such as submission correctness disputes should be addressed in a support ticket"},{"textAlign":"left","header":"4. Do not violate any local, state, federal, or international laws","content":"You have the explicit permission to attack \"designated targets\" listed in the rules, you do not have permission to attack any other targets."},{"textAlign":"left","header":"5. Designated targets include only the subdomains of cityinthe.cloud domain","content":"The challenge will generally state what protocol and/or port number, if specified, please only access the assigned protocol/port and the assigned domain."},{"textAlign":"left","header":"6. Do not attack the competition platform (cyberskyline.com)","content":"This includes social engineering attacks against Cyber Skyline personnel."},{"textAlign":"left","header":"7. Do not run any denial of service attacks against competition resources","content":"Such as, but not limited to, cityinthe.cloud domains and cyberskyline.com domains"},{"textAlign":"left","header":"8. Do not attack any Cipher Tech network resources","content":"Cipher Tech network resources are explicitly out of scope for this challenge."},{"textAlign":"left","header":"9. Do not give or receive unauthorized help (sharing of flags, answers, or methodologies)","content":"Also do not post questions on online forums (e.g. Stack Overflow, Quora) and social media sites."},{"textAlign":"left","header":"10. Do not modify any UID assigned to you by the competition platform","content":"And do not access another participant’s UID. These are automatically assigned to you by the system to ensure isolation of resources."},{"textAlign":"left","header":"11. Prize Eligibility","content":"Must be located in the U.S. to receive a prize. You may not receive any assistance from anyone else & you must participate within the event time frame listed on this page. Cipher Tech employees are eligible to participate but not eligible for prizes."}]}],"DEMOGRAPHIC_FIELDS_ORDER":["gender","race","hispanicLatino","school","major","minor","graduationYear","phone","aspirations","isWithinUS"],"PRODUCT":1000,"DEMOGRAPHIC_FIELDS":{"gender":{"type":"String","required":true,"label":"Gender","items":["Female","Male","Non-binary","I prefer not to answer"]},"race":{"type":"String","required":true,"label":"Race","items":["American Indian or Alaska Native","Asian","Black or African American","Multiracial","Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander","White","I prefer not to answer"]},"hispanicLatino":{"type":"String","required":true,"label":"Hispanic or Latino","items":["Yes","No","I prefer not to answer"]},"school":{"type":"String","required":false,"label":"School","icon":"university"},"major":{"type":"String","required":false,"label":"Academic Major","icon":"book","width":8},"minor":{"type":"String","required":false,"label":"Academic Minor","icon":"bookmark","width":8},"graduationYear":{"type":"Number","required":false,"label":"Graduation Year","icon":"student","width":8},"phone":{"type":"String","required":false,"label":"Phone Number","icon":"phone","width":8},"aspirations":{"type":"String","required":false,"label":"Career Aspirations","icon":"map signs","placeholder":"Career aspirations"},"isWithinUS":{"type":"Boolean","required":true,"label":"Located in the United States?","icon":"map signs"}}}