Hello everyone!
We’ve been busy over the summer break! We’re excited to share that we upgraded our servers and website infrastructure to better support the upcoming competitions.
With the new setup ready to go, registration for the ISU1 competition is now officially open! The event will take place on October 10, 2026, from 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM.
We’re looking forward to an awesome competition and hope to see you all there!
As many of you have heard, Iowa State is moving to online only from March 27th to April 3rd. During this time, the university is disallowing large, in-person events. This, of course, causes some problems for the CDC. We believe that the CDC is a valuable learning experience, and just plain fun, and so we have decided to move to an online CDC format for this event.
We are still working on exactly how this will look, and will be updating this page over the next few weeks with the relevant information. In the meantime, our normal services will remain online, however the lab jams are canceled going forward.
To keep up to date, check this page, and follow us on Twitter.
As always, feel free to reach out with questions/concerns at cdc_support@iseage.org, or chat with us at setup.iseage.org.
Iowa State’s official information page: https://web.iastate.edu/safety/updates/covid19
The results are in! Here are the top three teams from the 2019 High School Cyber Defense Competition hosted by the Internet-Scale Event and Attack Generation Environment (ISEAGE).
Congratulations to the top three winners and we hope that all teams learned a lot from this CDC. Thank you to all teams for competing and we look forward to seeing you all next year!
Howdy Blue Teams!
My name is Daniel Limanowski and I am your director for the 2019 ISU2/Spring Cyber Defense Competition. I work for the ISEAGE security research lab under Dr. Doug Jacobson. My awesome team of student staff members who’ve worked endless hours to prepare this CDC for you are *queue jazz and SNL intro voice*: Logan Woolery, Alex Young, Sean Hinchee, Joel Wacker, Jacob Moody, Joel May, and William Rickert.
The scenario for the 2019 ISU2 CDC is brought to you in part by John Deere. Its title: “Connected Farming.” This year’s Spring CDC throws Blue Teams into a local farm’s network with webservers, connected farming equipment, and plenty of cross-box/application (proprietary) communications.
Remote setup is now officially open. Please head to https://signup.iseage.org/ and create an account. You’ll be able to make a team, look for team members, and/or join an existing team. Then, you’ll be able to access vCenter and IScorE. If you have trouble finding a team, please send us an email at cdc_support@iastate.edu
If you’re completely new to Cyber Defense Competitions, create an account on signupand view the Scenario documentation linked in that application. Read through the entire document first, then…
…if you still have questions, please email us at cdc_support@iastate.edu
…also, you can get support on our support chat system at https://setup.iseage.org
Lab jams are two-hour blocks where Blue Teamers (you) can come in to get in-person help, guidance, and advice from ISEAGE staff during the remote setup phase. You may come and go as you please during the lab jams. The following dates/locations for the lab jams are:
ALL LAB JAMS ARE LOCATED IN COOVER 2222
Below are some important dates to be tracking:
1) Scenario released, begin remote setup (NOW!)
2) Remote access goes down for a half-day (March 28th, 2019…hours TBA)
3) On-site Setup Phase in Ames, IA (March 29 at 12:00PM – March 30 at 8:00AM…TLA open ALL night!)
4) On-site Attack Phase & Debrief in Ames, IA (March 30, 2019…8:00AM – 5:00PM)
Now get some country queued, fire up those tractors (yup, you can do this), and fill those silos!
Cheers,
Daniel Limanowski
The moment you’ve all been waiting for is finally here — remote setup has officially opened! At this time, you may begin accessing our environment and setting up your systems.
Blue team folder link:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1T7kvbxd7u7RUacCkfY-TG-jHWhVLiD8G
Remember, you can always contact us for help by email at cdc_support@iastate.edu or over chat at setup.iseage.org or on the public IRC server, soon to be announced!
NOTE: please put your school/university in the ‘organization’ field on iScore.
Have fun getting started!
Cheers,
Sean Hinchee