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Global Cyber Challenge - Peace-a-thon
  • Introduction
  • Challenge Details
  • Eligibility Criteria
  • Selection Process
  • Important Dates
  • Application Process
  • Awards
  • Selection Criteria
  • General Terms & Conditions
  • Correspondence
  • Participate

Global Cyber Challenge - Peace-a-thon

Problem Statement : Mitigating Public Sector Cyber Cascades

Description : Stuxnet and recent cyber-attacks on Ukrainian power grid has explored vulnerability of critical infrastructures like power network, water network, oil & gas network. With such borderless-wars becoming more lucrative and nation-states getting involved in such type of coordinated cyber attacks, protecting critical infrastructures is becoming more challenging. Further, these critical infrastructures have evolved over a period of time with legacy devices andprotocols which were never secure-by-design. The problem statement is to propose threat mapping, risk assessment framework, intrusion detection and prevention system. Industrial control system vulnerability, device vulnerability, protocol vulnerability, supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) vulnerability using formal methods, fuzzing and data driven techniques is expected. Detection and mitigating strategies for false data injection attacks, denial of service(DoS) attacks, replay attacks, privilege escalation attacks, spoofing attacks are required to be demonstrated with underlying ICS.

Introduction About GCCS & Global Cyber Challenge

Global Cyber Challenge is an important part of Global Conference on Cyber Space (GCCS), 2017 being inaugurated by the Hon’ble Prime Minister of India. The Grand Finale will be organized at GCCS, New Delhi on 20th & 21st November 2017.

The Cyber Challenge is a collaborative effort of Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), National Critical Information Infrastructure Protection Center (NCIIPC), MyGov, Cyber Peace Foundation (CPF) and Policy Perspectives Foundation (PPF).

Challenge Details

The contest is open to participants from India and abroad.

The Global Cyber Challenge comprises of two contests namely Capture the Flag Event and Peace-a-Thon. One can participate in either or both the contests.

PEACE-A-THON

Peace-a-thon is to build ideas and technological solutions based on identified themes and is based on different problem statements to which participants will render an effective solution in the form of a Proof-of-Concept/App.

Cyber security enthusiasts and experts from educational institutes and industries across the world have been called upon to participate in this challenge. Participation in the Peace-a-thon will comprise of teams who will select a problem statement, present their ideas to come up with research and technological solutions for the specific problem. The problem statements resonates with industry experts, security observers, government officials and business stakeholders.

Initially the entry to a Peace-a-Thon was two stage process. The first stage involved submission of concept note based on which individuals/teams (of upto 3) were invited to participate for a 34 hour marathon coding contest. This preliminary round of the contest has been conducted in 9 different coordinating institutions of India which are all premier institutions of the country namely, Indian Institute of Science Bangalore (IISc Bangalore), Indian Institute of Technology(s) – Bombay, Delhi, Kanpur, Madras, Hyderabad, Patna, Guwahati and Punjab Engineering College (PEC) Chandigarh.The solutions that emerged have been uploaded on the OpenForge.

In view of examination at various technical institutions, it has been decided to open this contest without requiring the submission of the concept note and participation in coding at the host institute. Now any individual/team (of upto 3 members) can register at https://innovate.mygov.in/cyber-challenge/ to submit their code along with their brief presentation / description as to how code works. This can be done in a span of 36 hours till 08:00 hrs on November 16, 2017

As stated above w.e.f November 12, 2017 1800 hrs it has been decided to have open participation without any requirement of host institutions.

All the interested individuals and teams are also advised to complete their registrations https://gccs2017.in/preregistration as a ‘Hackathon Contestant’ so that travel and related arrangements for stay in New Delhi can be made conveniently for teams qualifying for the Grand Finale at New Delhi. The Grand finale will be held on Nov 20-21 in New Delhi as part of Global Conference on Cyber Space 2017.

Grand Finale

Top shortlisted teams from India and abroad will compete in the grand finale which will be hosted in Room No: 3A, Marriott, Aerocity New Delhi on 20-21st November, 2017. Jury will select the winners based on a pre-decided evaluation framework.

Winners in Grand finale will be awarded by Hon’ble Prime Minister of India during inaugural on November 23, 2017.

Eligibility Criteria

  • The contest is open for Indian and Foreign Nationals.
  • They can be individuals or teams comprising maximum of 3 members.

Selection Process

Last date for the submission is 08:30 HRS IST November 16, 2017 and based on the submission jury will declare result by November 16, 2017 midnight. Selected teams/ participants will be invited for the Grand Finale on November 20, 2017 – November 21, 2017 at New Delhi.

Important Dates

Closing Date: November 16, 2017 08:30 hrs IST

Result Declaration: November 16, 2017 Midnight

Grand Finale: November 20, 2017 – November 21, 2017

Application Process

Registration for National and International Participants

  • All individuals and teams interested in participating in the Peace-a-thon are advised to register as a Hackathon contestant at the GCCS 2017 Official website: https://gccs2017.in/preregistration.
  • Participants can also log in using your G+ or Facebook or Twitter Account, and can skip entering mobile number by selecting Later.
  • Results will be announced by November 16, 2017 midnight and winners will be flown in to India for the Grand Finale.
  • Key Deliverables:Product (App/Project) and Presentation/Description
  • Once you log in, please upload a write-up of a couple of line about one of the 13 topics on which you want to work.
  • Videos of proposed solution maximum 3 minutes may be uploaded on www.youtube.com and the link of the same may be shared while submission.
  • Participants are required to upload their source codes and screenshots of solution at https://openforge.gov.in/ and the link for the same to be uploaded at https://mygov.in on or before 08:30 hrs IST on 16-11-2017.
  • Detailed guidelines for submission is available at: https://innovate.mygov.in/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/mygov46562_1510480098.pdf
  • For any additional information or support, reach us at gcc@cyberpeace.net.
  • Upon successful submission, you will receive a confirmation email.
  • For any additional information, you will be contacted via email.
  • All correspondence shall be through email or SMS on mobile number provided by you at the time of registration. Organizers are not liable in case of SMS/ email delivery failures.

Awards

  • Goodies, awards and certificates from Hon. Prime Minister of India
  • Opportunity to attend Global Conference on Cyber Space- 2017 in New Delhi to meet the International and National personalities active in the Cyber world
  • Travel and stay to the finalists
  • An Internship opportunity with Government of India
  • Chance to deploy the solutions at Government of India, State Governments, Civil Society Organizations working to address the social problems
  • Your Story will do a story on the winners and the winning teams
  • Internet and Mobile Association of India will mentor the winning teams

NOTE: Travel expenses will be paid ONLY for Grand finale finalists

Selection Criteria

  • Step 1 - Registrations at MyGov & submission of Solution approach
  • Step 2
    • Indian Participants – Regional competition at 8 hosting institutions in India (For details please visit https://innovate.mygov.in/cyber-notice/)
    • International Participants – Regional Competitions to be held in International Locations, participants will be notified through email.
  • Step 3 - Grand Finale - Top 15 Teams (10 National and 5 International ) would compete in Grand Finale.
  • Indian Participants - The Grand Finale will have top 10 teams from regional round from India.
  • International Participants - Top 5 International Teams will be selected and they will be invited and sponsored to participate in the Grand Finale Round to be held on 20 & 21 November 2017 in New Delhi, India.

Key Deliverables:Product (App/Project) and 1 Presentation (Max 15 slides).

General Terms & Conditions

Please read these Terms and Conditions carefully as they apply for all the phases.

  • Participants shall provide correct & truthful information in registration and team creation.
  • Participants shall keep their contact information accurate and up-to-date.
  • The participants shall ensure their code is free from viruses or malware.
  • The participant shall not use this contest to do anything unlawful, misleading, malicious or discriminatory.
  • If any participant is found to have violated the term & conditions of the contest, Peace-a-Thon Team have all the right, to disqualify the participant without prior notice.
  • Jury has all the rights reserved, in case of any conflict, decision of Jury shall be final.
  • Peace-a-thon Team reserves the right to change Terms and Conditions.

Correspondence

  • Any correspondence with participant will be done through an email provided by the participant at time of filling the application form. Organizers are not liable in case of email delivery failures.
  • For any queries, please send mail at: gcc@cyberpeace.net

Participation Form

Problem Statement : Mitigating Public Sector Cyber Cascades

Submission Closed

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