DSTA - BrainHack, Cyber Defenders Discovery Camp (CDDC) 2022
Introduction
Organised by the Defence Science and Technology Agency (DSTA), BrainHack 2022 takes place in June with a various workshops and hackathons ranging from artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics to cybersecurity, app development, space technologies, fake news detection, extended reality and more.
In 2021, over 4,000 students from 75 schools joined the event. The themed for this year is “Into the Multiverse” Students can expect to learn and apply their digital skills at BrainHack while gaining exposure to the latest emerging technologies.
Task
Similar to DSTA CDDC 2021, we were given learning material in the form of lecturers and quizzes to help prepare us for the competition. The following images are extracted from the user guide and will help illustrate how the training platform works.
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| Home page of training platform |
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| Lecture page of training platform |
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| Quiz page of training platform |
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| Answering quizzes of training platform |
Next, onto the competition itself.
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| Landing page of the competition platform |
Participants will first complete the ‘Gauntlet’ challenge, before moving onto ‘rings’. Completing challenges in a ring will unlock subsequent rings containing escalating challenges.
Reflections
This segment will contain the overall reflections for DSTA CDDC 2021, CSA - SG Cyber Youth Odyssey - A.YCEP 2021 and DSTA CDDC 2021.
My cybersecurity journey thus far has largely been focused on being on the ‘Red Team’. However, after the events of GovTech GeekOut 2022, I believe that I would fare a lot better being on the ‘Blue Team’. The experience of being on the ‘Red Team’ would serve me well in securing cloud and other similar infrastructure in the future.
Appendix A - Proof of participation
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| Proof of participation |