CyberStart is a program funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and developed by the SANS Institute to identify and train the cybersecurity professionals of the future. CyberStart is part-game, part-training and part-competition. Players take the role of a security professional trying to catch various hackers. Players are presented with a set of challenges at…
Lockdown is a defensive security competition run by the University at Buffalo Network Defense. Competitors are placed in a simulated environment where they will have to defend against attackers trying to bring down their network. Not only do the competitors have to keep their network up, they will have to complete tasks throughout the day…
Hivestorm is a collegiate-focused cyber defense competition. Teams compete by securing provided Windows and Linux based virtual machines – removing malware and other infections, correcting misconfigurations, mitigating vulnerabilities, disabling vulnerable services, and so on. Teams accumulate points for addressing each scored issue and must race against the clock to accumulate as many points as they…
Gen Keith Alexander will discuss how our nation approaches cyber issues in the current goal climate and how change is being driven. Location: K.G. Tan Auditorium (Veteran’s Resource Center)​
Location: 347 Hinds Hall/Katzer Collaboratory Join IBM for an information session designed to introduce IBM zSystems to iSchool students and to connect them with potential employers looking to fill their talent pipeline in enterprise computing. Explore why zSystems matters, meet new people and discuss community and careers. Space is limited, so register today! Registration…
The National Cyber League (NCL) is a cybersecurity competition that prepares students for a cyber career. In the NCL Games, students work to solve challenges such as identifying hackers from forensic data, pentesting and auditing vulnerable websites, recovering from ransomware attacks, and more. Participate in the season to track your skills growth with an NCL…
The agenda for the general body meeting that will be held on October 25th, 2022 is as follows: Discussing the upcoming CNYÂ Hackathon competition and how the competition is organized. Hearing a lecture by Fenya and Juriasi of the e-board on networking and security, plus the Simple Secure Shell (SSH) tool used for remote management…
The agenda for the general body meeting that will be held on November 1st, 2022 is as follows: Hearing a lecture from Allen and Marlene of the e-board concerning the topic of system service management in Linux. Editing the configuration files for basic system services, such as SSH. Learning to use the SystemD init system…
CNY Hackathon begins with a series of security related presentations conducted by industry professionals the day before the competition.
The CNY Hackathon is a regional intercollegiate offensive/defensive cybersecurity competition held at the end of each Fall and Spring semester designed to improve the state of computer science and cybersecurity education, and more closely align academia with Central New York industry partners. Students participate in challenges that task each team with penetrating a target to…
