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IntelOps - Operation Spacewatch
Friday: 10:00 – 18:00
DEF CON Contest Area, Forum Ballroom
Welcome to IntelOps - Operation Spacewatch! This is a game that pits you against threat actors in the near future, who are trying to trigger nuclear war! Using cyber threat intelligence, it is up to you to support cyber protection teams to defend a vital satellite constellation and prevent a hacker network from undermining your collective defense in a race against time.
Description of the game
Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI) deals with information from past attacks, malware analysis and evolving threats in cyberspace. CTI enables enhanced decisions and getting ahead of the cyber-attack. But how can I apply CTI and use it? The game "IntelOps - Operation Spacewatch" aims to improve players' understanding of CTI. Participants learn about different frameworks, sources and types of CTI and how they can use CTI data in a fun way. The game is built to teach terms and theory and apply CTI in a real-world context.
The game is based on four major CTI and cyber security models. These are the NIST Cyber Security Framework (CSF), MITRE ATT&CK Matrix, the Cyber Kill Chain and the Pyramid of Pain.
As a player, you are part of the United Nations (UN) CTI team and assigned to the mission to stop the attack on the satellite constellation. Your task is to use the available CTI your team has collected and assist the other members of the UN Cyber Protection Team (CPT).
The players find themselves in a near future scenario where every nation has access to ballistic-launched nuclear weapons. The United Nations has established a global satellite defense system to detect ballistic and hypersonic missile launches for monitoring and control purposes. The defense system allows the UN to be able to react immediately when suspicious activities on the weapons are detected. A global hacker network is threatening to disable the satellite constellation to use nuclear weapons for their purposes.
Your team has to protect 32 satellites in the global defense system. If 4 or more satellites are compromised and deactivated, the hacker network successfully disenabled the defense system and can take control of the nuclear weapons. It is your mission to protect the satellite network and ensure the availability of the global defense system.
The event will host three simultaneous instances of a team game. Teams consist of three players each. Nine players can play at a time. Every game last 20 minutes in total. Each turn, the players have 5 minutes to decide on their CTI strategy, apply the information to the NIST CSF board and stop the attack. There are a maximum of four turns to a game.
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IntelOps - Operation Spacewatch
Friday: 10:00 – 18:00
DEF CON Contest Area, Forum Ballroom
Welcome to IntelOps - Operation Spacewatch! This is a game that pits you against threat actors in the near future, who are trying to trigger nuclear war! Using cyber threat intelligence, it is up to you to support cyber protection teams to defend a vital satellite constellation and prevent a hacker network from undermining your collective defense in a race against time.
Description of the game
Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI) deals with information from past attacks, malware analysis and evolving threats in cyberspace. CTI enables enhanced decisions and getting ahead of the cyber-attack. But how can I apply CTI and use it? The game "IntelOps - Operation Spacewatch" aims to improve players' understanding of CTI. Participants learn about different frameworks, sources and types of CTI and how they can use CTI data in a fun way. The game is built to teach terms and theory and apply CTI in a real-world context.
The game is based on four major CTI and cyber security models. These are the NIST Cyber Security Framework (CSF), MITRE ATT&CK Matrix, the Cyber Kill Chain and the Pyramid of Pain.
As a player, you are part of the United Nations (UN) CTI team and assigned to the mission to stop the attack on the satellite constellation. Your task is to use the available CTI your team has collected and assist the other members of the UN Cyber Protection Team (CPT).
The players find themselves in a near future scenario where every nation has access to ballistic-launched nuclear weapons. The United Nations has established a global satellite defense system to detect ballistic and hypersonic missile launches for monitoring and control purposes. The defense system allows the UN to be able to react immediately when suspicious activities on the weapons are detected. A global hacker network is threatening to disable the satellite constellation to use nuclear weapons for their purposes.
Your team has to protect 32 satellites in the global defense system. If 4 or more satellites are compromised and deactivated, the hacker network successfully disenabled the defense system and can take control of the nuclear weapons. It is your mission to protect the satellite network and ensure the availability of the global defense system.
The event will host three simultaneous instances of a team game. Teams consist of three players each. Nine players can play at a time. Every game last 20 minutes in total. Each turn, the players have 5 minutes to decide on their CTI strategy, apply the information to the NIST CSF board and stop the attack. There are a maximum of four turns to a game.