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AFCEA TechNet Indo-Pacific CTF 2023
November 17, 2023
AFCEA TechNet Indo-Pacific 2023 concluded, and it was a roaring success! Pacific Technologies and Solutions was proud to sponsor and host the Capture the Flag (CTF) events in our custom built cyber range.
Professionals/Military Event Gallery:
Student Event Gallery and Video Recap:
TechNet one of Hawai’i’s largest technology conferences with thousands of attendees that include a mix of service cyber components, agencies, industry, academia, and the military services. Industry exhibitors across multiple ballrooms at the Hilton Hawaiian Village demonstrated a variety of products and solutions.
Pacific Technologies and Solutions was proud to sponsor and host the Capture the Flag (CTF) events in our custom built cyber range.
Participants raced against time and other teams to identify the attacker’s Command & Control addresses and provide forensic evidence to zero in threat actors in the environment. The Red team was actively operating in the environment to generate indicators of compromise, expand access and attempt to stay undetected. The were given a SIEM and other security tools to identify the Red Team’s C2 IP addresses. Each address was a flag. To capture the flag, they needed to provide forensic evidence that the address belongs to Red Tea. A Blue Team won by capturing the most flags in the time allowed and before other Blue Teams.
These two (Red vs. Blue) Threat Hunting style events were held on November 8, 2023.
Event 1: 0930-1300 Students K-12
Event 2: 1400-1800 Military/Pro/Collegiate
5 high schools, 4 from Oahu and 1 from Maui, spent their Wednesday at the conference learning new skills in cyber and in friendly competition with the other schools. It was a great opportunity to give them insight into realistic, active threats that can exist. These students have bright futures ahead of them! See the recap video of the student event here: https://youtu.be/wpWDm9HMEMA?si=mBlJgtEtu_RJqtNn
Schools:
1st Place: Punahou School
2nd Place: Seabury Hall
3rd Place: Mid-Pacific
4th Place Tie: McKinley High School and Hanalani Schools
In the afternoon was the professional/military event. Many participants work at JBPH-H and were very impressive in their threat hunting. Of the 11 flags, both teams captured 6 within the 3 hour vulnerability window, and so it came down to the tie breaker of who caught those flags the fastest.
This team was:
Jordan Provencher-Olaes: Cyber Crew Lead
Roberto Amezquita: Host Analyst
Brayton Acoba: Host Analyst
Zacc Heaussylva: Network Analyst
Brian Singh: Cyber Analyst
James Mannion: Cyber Analyst
Jesse Hakala: Cyber Analyst
It was a successful event supporting local students and professionals, and we got to showcase our COBRA DEN cyber range and its capabilities.
About the COBRA DEN:
It is a cloud-based cyber range that allows for remote participation and continuous training with defensive
cyber capabilities and offensive operator tools. It is a product proprietary to Pacific Technologies and Solutions and is used by several organizations as an on-demand training platform. Contact us if you would like to learn more.
Thank you to everyone that participated, attended, and supported these events! We couldn’t have done it without you all.
AFCEA TechNet Indo-Pacific 2023 concluded, and it was a roaring success! Pacific Technologies and Solutions was proud to sponsor and host the Capture the Flag (CTF) events in our custom built cyber range.
Supporting Young Leaders: McKinley High School's JROTC Cyber Patriot Program took 2nd place at the 2022 AFCEA TechNet Student Capture-the-Flag event (Hosted by Pacific Technologies and Solutions). To celebrate their achievement, we donated $2,000 and a pizza party to their club. Congratulations and mahalo for participating! Go Cyber Tigers! About McKinely Cyber Patriot: The McKinley High School Cyber Defense Team (Cyber Patriot) started back in 2011. Since then McKinley is fortunate to have a JROTC team and a School team giving students a greater opportunity to join. Each team is managed by a Coach, and trained by the mentor(s). Mentors are people from the cyber security field, volunteering their time to teach the basics of Cyber security.