What is DTF?

This year in SyScan'07, we will be introducing a friendly competition known as Defend the Flag (DTF).

Unlike most hacking competitions found in most hacker conferences, DTF is different in 2 ways. DTF is primarily targeted at attracting IT professionals who are new to the security scene who want to learn more about securing their Windows networks and have an appreciation of the current threat environment. The emphasis of DTF is more on defense rather than offence.

DTF will also include a training component to introduce to the participants the basic concepts of offensive and defensive security measures.

Everyone is welcome to take part in DTF and win the cash prize of HK$15,000.

DTF will be held on 3rd and 4th of July 2007 at Novotel Clarke Quay.

Modus Operandi

Any individual or group can sign up. Each group will not have more than 3 members.

The first day of the DTF will be classroom training conducted by members of Immunity and iSec partners.

Core Security Technologies will lead a session designed to teach attendees to not only think like an attacker but also to use current tools that are used by Penetration Testers today to act like attackers. COSEINC will teach defensive techniques and best practices for securing Windows networks.

On the second day of DTF, the teams will be divided in 2 groups; Group Alpha and Group Omega. Teams in Group Alpha will conduct attack against teams in Group Omega, which will try to defend, in the morning, and in the afternoon, teams in Group Omega will attack teams in Group Alpha, which will try to defend.

A scoring bot will monitor the competition and score the teams based on their ability to successfully defend their Windows networks. The team with the most number of points at the end of the day will be the winner.

Requirement

All participants must bring their own laptop installed with VMware and SSH client.

Registration Fee

The registration fee for each team is S$500.

Registration will close on 29th June 2007.