{"BASE_URL":"/events/ciphertechchallenge","EVENT":"Cipher Tech Challenge","EVENT_SHORT":"Cipher Tech Challenge","REF":"CT_2023","YEAR":2023,"CLIENT":"Cipher Tech","WORLD":"Cipher Tech Challenge 2023","LEVELS":[{"world":"Cipher Tech Challenge 2023"}],"EVENT_START":"2023-02-24T18:00:00.000Z","EVENT_STOP":"2023-03-11T02:00:00.000Z","REGISTRATION_BEGIN":"2023-02-06T05:00:00.000Z","REGISTRATION_DEADLINE":"2023-03-11T02:00:00.000Z","LEADERBOARD_LEAGUES":["Overall"],"LOCATION_1":"Online, United States","LOCATION_2":"Open only to individuals living in the US","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":"The Cipher Tech challenge is an online cybersecurity challenge for students and professionals interested in forensic software development. The top performers will be considered for full-time opportunities at Cipher Tech. 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 an attacker IP address or identify the attacker's name) and challenge your critical thinking skills. Multiple Amazon gift cards will be awarded as top prizes!"},{"button":{"color":"blue","content":"View Final Leaderboard","href":"/events/ciphertechchallenge/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 e-Gift Card"},{"header":"2nd - 3rd Place","content":"$150 e-Gift Card each"},{"header":"4th - 10th Place Raffle","content":"$100 e-Gift Card"}],"horizontal":true},{"header":"Eligibility","content":"Only open to individuals living in the United States. You may not receive any assistance from anyone else & you must participate within the event time frame listed on this page."}]},{"header":"Resources","content":"All that you need to participate in the Cipher Tech Challenge 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":"2023-02-24T18:00:00.000Z"},{"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":"2023-03-02T20:00:00.000Z","stop":"2023-03-02T21:00:00.000Z"},{"name":"End of Challenge","description":"That's a wrap, submission will close and final winners will be announced.","icon":"flag","stop":"2023-03-11T02:00:00.000Z"}]},{"header":"Challenge Rules","content":[{"content":"Violation of event rules may result in disqualification"},{"textAlign":"left","header":"1. Must be an individual living in the United States","content":"Non-U.S. individual are not eligible to participate and will be removed from the challenge."},{"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. Cipher Tech employees are eligible to participate but not eligible for prizes."}]}],"DEMOGRAPHIC_FIELDS_ORDER":["major","minor","graduationYear","phone","aspirations"],"PRODUCT":1000,"DEMOGRAPHIC_FIELDS":{"major":{"type":"String","required":true,"label":"Academic Major","icon":"book","width":8},"minor":{"type":"String","required":false,"label":"Academic Minor","icon":"bookmark","width":8},"graduationYear":{"type":"Number","required":true,"label":"Expected Graduation Year","icon":"university","width":8},"phone":{"type":"String","required":false,"label":"Phone Number","icon":"phone","width":8},"aspirations":{"type":"String","required":false,"label":"Career Aspirations","icon":"student","placeholder":"Career aspirations post graduation"}}}