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INTERNATIONAL CYBERSECURITY
CHAMPIONSHIP & CONFERENCE

 
USA | CANADA
LATIN AMERICA | aSIA
eUROPE | OCEANIA
AFRICA

August 1-4, 2023
San Diego, California
Hilton La Jolla Torrey Pines


Come Learn.
Come Watch. Come Play.

What is the
International Cybersecurity Championship & Conference?

Addressing Talent Development and Workforce Upskilling Through Gaming

CHAMPIONSHIP

Connect with top cybersecurity experts from around the world while experiencing the excitement of cybersecurity-oriented esports. Seven teams of cyber athletes ages 18-25 will represent over 65 nations in a final championship. In addition to the 600-700 expected attendees, the games will be live-streamed on Twitch to thousands of fans.

CONFERENCE

As if the action of the games wasn't enough, our speaker lineup will keep you on the edge of your seats. They include leading cyber experts from the US Department of Homeland Security, EU, UAE, Microsoft, Mastercard, Google & Mandiant, and more! These global speakers from governments, corporations, and academia will discuss topics including:

  • The power of global collaboration to cultivate a strong, diverse cyber workforce.
  • The importance of aligning academia and corporations with cyber games and exercises that drive needed job skills.
  • The role of cyber games and exercises for building resilience into our risk strategies.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

1ST PLACE - TEAM EUROPE

2ND PLACE - TEAM OCEANIA

3RD PLACE - TEAM ASIA

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF THE TEAMS COMPETING IN THE 2023 CHAMPIONSHIP.

EXPERT CYBER TALKS

 
Nitin_Natarajan
Nitin Natarajan

Deputy Director, CISA

Rodney_Peterson
Rodney J. Petersen

Director, NICE

Despina Spanou
Despina Spanou

Head of Cabinet for European Commission Vice President Margaritis Schinas

DrMohamed_Al-Kuwaiti
H.E. Dr. Mohamed Al-Kuwaiti

Head of Cyber Security, United Arab Emirates Government (UAE)

  • Eric_Belardo

    ERIC BELARDO
    Founder of RaicesCyberOrg

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  • Ping_Look
    PING LOOK
    Director, Training & Communications, Microsoft Incident Response Team (formerly DART)
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  • DrJon_Brickey

    JON BRICKEY, Ph.D.
    Senior Vice President & Cybersecurity Evangelist, Mastercard Technology

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  • Jessica_Gulick
    JESSICA GULICK
    Founder & CEO, PlayCyber
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  • Matt_Berry

    MATT BERRY
    Sr. Director, Field CTO of Cybersecurity, World Wide Technology (WWT)

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  • Angus_Blitter

    ANGUS BLITTER
    Packet Master and Creator of Packetwars

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  • Danielle_Santos
    DANIELLE SANTOS
    Manager of Communications & Operations / Lead for International Engagement, NICE
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  • Tomas_Maldonado
    TOMÁS MALDONADO
    CISO, NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE (NFL)
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  • Carlos_Polop
    CARLOS POLOP
    Hacking Content Creator, Halborn
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  • Simran_Sakraney
    SIMRAN SAKRANEY
    Cyber Security Strategic Advisor, Google & Mandiant
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  • Ron_Pike
    RON PIKE
    Associate Professor & Director, California Center for Cyber Risk, Cal Poly Pomona
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  • Dr. Amit Elezari
    DR. AMIT ELAZARI, J.S.D.
    Co-Founder and CEO, OpenPolicy
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  • Eric Basu
    ERIC BASU
    Founder and CEO, Haiku Inc
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  • David Zeichick
    DAVID ZEICHICK
    Commissioner of the National Cyber League and Assistant Professor, Computer Science, California State University - Chico
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  • Dmitriy Beryoza
    DMITRIY BERYOZA
    Senior Security Researcher, Vectra AI
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  • Pete Hay
    PETER HAY
    Principal Security Strategist, SimSpace
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  • _Attlee Munyaradzi Gamundani
    ATTLEE GAMUNDANI, Ph.D
    Associate Professor, Namibia University of Science and Technology
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  • Nadean Tanner
    NADEAN TANNER
    Senior Manager, Education Services,  Google/Mandiant
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  • Dan Meacham
    DAN MEACHAM
    VP, Global Security and Operations, CSO / CISO, Legendary Entertainment
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  • Scott Gicking
    SCOTT GIKING
    Chief Information Security Officer, 
    Hyundai AutoEver America
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  • Chase Franzen
    CHASE FRAZEM
    Chief Information Security Officer, 
    VP of IT Risk Management, Sharp HealthCare
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  • Antonio Scurlock
    ANTONIO "T" SCURLOCK
    Deputy Chief Learning Officer (CLO), CISA
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  • Kristin Demoranville
    KRISTIN DEMORANVILLE
    CEO & Founder, AnzenSage
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  • Josh Brunty
    JOSH BRUNTY
    Associate Professor, Marshall University
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  • Jonathan Behnke
    JONATHAN BEHNKE
    Chief Information Officer, City of San Diego
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  • Jonathan Check
    JON CHECK
    Executive Director, Cyber Protection Solutions, Raytheon Intelligence & Space
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  • Nick Ippolito
    NICK IPPOLITO
    Training Labs Architect, Hack The Box (HTB)
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  • Demosthenes Ikonomou
    DEMOSTHENES IKONOMOU
     Head of Capacity Building Unit, ENISA
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  • Dr Ioannis Agrafiotis
    DR. IOANNIS AGRAFIOTIS
    Cybersecurity Expert at European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA)
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  • Josh Brunty (1)
    DR. JOSH BRUNTY
    Associate Professor & Director of the Cyber Forensics & Security Graduate Program. Marshall University
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  • Zachary Williams
    ZACHARY WILLIAMS
    FCC/C10F INOCCS Lead, NIWC Pacific Cybersecurity Division Staff


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  • Brian Sak
    BRIAN SAK
    Technical Solutions Architect, Cisco 


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  • Stuart King, Industry Advisor, Tata Consultancy Services
    STEWART KING
    Industry Advisor, Tata Consultancy Services
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Join us at the Conference: Expert CYBER Talks

 

CONFERENCE AGENDA

Schedule subject to change

TUESDAY, AUGUST 1, 2023

8:30AM - 8:50AM
 Welcome & Opening Remarks
  Eric Belardo, Executive Director and Founder, Raices Cyber Org
  Jessica Gulick, Commissioner, US Cyber Team

8:50AM - 9:00AM
Opening Announcements
Jonathan Behnke, CIO for the City of San Diego Department of Information Technology

9:00AM - 9:30AM
Coaches Panel

Join us for a conversation with a few of our team coaches.

Moderator: Eric Belardo, Executive Director and Founder, Raices Cyber Org

Panelists:

  • Tom Levasseur, Head Coach, Team Canada
  • Ken Jenkins, Head Coach, Team USA
  • Ryan Koh, Head Coach, Team Oceania

9:45AM - 10:30AM
Changing the Game: Why Innovation is the Key to Success
Dan Meacham, VP, Global Security and Operations, CSO / CISO at Legendary Entertainment

10:40AM - 11:00AM
Cloud: A Game Changer For Red Teaming & Privacy

Carlos Polop Martin, Hacking Content Creator, Halborn

11:10AM - 11:55AM
D1 Cyber

A panel of academic leaders discusses the use of cyber games in academia.

Moderator: Dan Manson, Chairman at NCL, Inc.

Panelists:

  • Ron Pike, Associate Professor at Cal Poly Pomona
  • David Zeichick, Assistant Professor, Computer Science at California State University Chico and NCL Commissioner
  • Attlee M. Gamundani, PhD, Associate Professor at Namibia University of Science and Technology
  • Dr. Ioannis Agrafiotis, Cybersecurity Expert at European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA)
  • Dr. Josh Brunty, Associate Professor & Director of the Cyber Forensics & Security Graduate Program at Marshall University

1:45PM - 3:45PM

 
WWT presents Cisco XDR Capture the Flag Workshop

This workshop will introduce you to Cisco XDR, a new product that supercharges your SecOps teams by correlating data and telemetry from your email, network, cloud, workloads, and endpoints enabling visibility and context into advanced threats. Come compete in this CTF-style activity where you earn points by uncovering details about simulated incidents and use the tools to respond to threats in the environment. 
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 2, 2023

8:45AM - 9:05AM
Arena Keynote:

Rodney J. Petersen, Director, NICE

Introduction by Jon Check, Executive Director, Cyber Protection Solutions, Raytheon Intelligence & Space

9:45AM - 10:15AM
Building High-Performing Cyber Teams

Security executives discuss how they cultivate high-performance cyber teams through team training, cyber games, and exercises.

Moderator: Tomás Maldonado, CISO, NFL

Panelists:

  • Scott Gicking, Chief Information Security Officer, Hyundai AutoEver America
  • Chase Franzen, Chief Information Security Officer & VP of IT Risk Management, Sharp HealthCare

10:30AM - 10:45AM
US Cyber Team Sponsor Recognition

Jessica Gulick, Commissioner of the US Cyber Team would like to thank and recognize sponsors and partners for their support.

10:50AM - 11:20AM
Cyber Implications of the Rise of AI

Julian Zottl, Chief Technology Officer, Raytheon Technologies

11:30AM - 12:00PM
Getting Value From Cyber Exercises

Simran Sakraney, Cybersecurity Consultant, and Nadean Tanner, Senior Manager, Education Services at Google/Mandiant

1:45PM - 2:30PM
Cyber Ranges: Building, Operating, And Maintaining

Angus Blitter, Packet Master and Creator of Packetwars, and Matt Berry, Senior Director (Global Field Cyber CTO) at WWT
THURSDAY, AUGUST 3, 2023

8:45AM - 9:05AM
Arena Keynote

Nitin Natarajan, Deputy Director, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) United States Department of Homeland Security

Introduction by Jon Brickey Ph.D., Senior Vice President, Cybersecurity Evangelist, Mastercard Technology

9:15AM - 9:45 AM
Featured Fireside Chat With HE DR. Mohamed Hamad Al-Kuwaiti

Antonio "T" Scurlock, Deputy Chief Learning Officer at CISA, discusses the UAE Cybersecurity Council’s award-winning Cyber Pulse initiative, which provides cyber culture awareness on a national level, with HE DR. Mohamed Hamad Al-Kuwaiti.

9:45AM - 10:25AM
Achieving Resilience In Critical Infrastructure

Critical infrastructure security executives discuss the need for continuous team training and exercises as a vital part of their risk management strategies.

Moderator: Jon Brickey Ph.D., Senior Vice President, Cybersecurity Evangelist, Mastercard Technology

Panelists:

  • Kristin Demoranville, Founder & CEO of AnzenSage
  • Demosthenes Ikonomou, Head of Capacity Building Unit, ENISA
  • Stuart King, Industry Advisor, Tata Consultancy Services
  • Zachary Williams, FCC/C10F INOCCS Lead, NIWC Pacific Cybersecurity Division Staff

10:30AM - 11:10AM
Unlocking Cyber Potential — Cyber Athlete & Game Maker Panel

A panel of gamers and game makers discuss the evolution of cyber games and its future. 

Moderator: Ping Look, Director, Training & Communications at Microsoft Incident Response Team

Panelists:

  • Eric Basu, CEO at Haiku
  • Dmitriy Beryoza, Senior Security Researcher at Vectra AI
  • Pete Hay, Principal Security Strategist at SimSpace

11:20AM - 12:00PM
Hacking Policy and Policy Hacking — A Hacker Guide to the Universe of Cyber Policy

Dr.Amit Elazari, Co-Founder and CEO of OpenPolicy, will discuss how Cybersecurity Policy has transformed our industry globally. This domain also serves as an amazing opportunity to drive impact at scale and collaborate with the hacker ecosystem to drive better policies and better security – that advance all users. This talk invites the audience to explore the latest trend in cyber policy globally, focusing on areas such as secure development, workforce, vulnerability disclosure, product security, and anti-hacking laws. We will cover the latest developments from the National Cyber Security Strategy to the EU Cyber Resilience Act – and introduce the audience to the world of policy hacking, and policy “hacking”.

1:45PM - 2:30PM
Featured Fireside Chat with Despina Spanou, Head of Cabinet for European Commission Vice President Margaritis Schinas

NICE's Danielle Santos discusses the EU's Cybersecurity Skills Academy Initiatives with Despina Spanou.
 

INTERNATIONAL CYBERSECURITY CHALLENGE

7 TEAMS COMPETE IN cAPTURE THE fLAG, ATTACK & dEFENSE, AND HARDWARE SECURITY

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Team Asia logo-2023
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Team Latin America
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Join us at the Conference: INTERNATIONAL CYBERSECURITY CHALLENGE

 

Get in the Game
HANDS-ON Cybersecurity EXPO

 
Cybersecurity
Games
Training
Platforms
Cybersecurity
Escape Rooms

Don't Miss This Special Feature

CISA INL Escape Room


CISA and Idaho National Lab will host an immersive Escape Room adventure to test your cybersecurity and infrastructure protection skills.

This Escape Room will challenge you through a series of traditional time-bound challenges for all skill levels. Cybersecurity puzzles involve wireless technologies, Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) analysis, database exploitation, network discovery, industrial control systems, cryptography, Arduino backed puzzles, and more. Come have fun while learning more about cybersecurity with CISA and Idaho National Lab.

Limited spots available. Event registration required.

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WHAT IS IC3?

The International Cybersecurity Championship and Conference (IC3) event is designed to attract top talent and raise global awareness of the power of games to upskill the cybersecurity industry.

Through its exciting, competition-based forum, the IC3 helps individuals further their cybersecurity education and skills. IC3 is designed with three primary components. The first is a speaker session showcasing top leaders in Cybersecurity Games and Exercises from around the world. The second is the hands-on expo of cyber games, immersive training, and exercises. Finally, the program includes the 2023 International Cybersecurity Challenge (ICC), a championship tournament featuring global teams (25 years and younger).

The cybersecurity championship tournament is composed primarily of capture-the-flag and attack-and-defend games. It is an annual challenge that moves from country to country each year and is organized by the ENISA International Cybersecurity Challenge Program (ICC). Teams representing global regions travel to this multiday event to compete in challenges related to web application and system exploitation, cryptography, reverse engineering, hardware challenges, and attack/defense.

Championship Game Platforms Providers

ATTACK AND DEFEND COMPETITION PROVIDER
The CINI Cybersecurity National Lab is the Italian research and training center in cybersecurity, involving hundreds of researchers, professors, and professionals from all over the country. For almost 10 years, the Lab has been organizing national and international education and training initiatives, through lectures and gamified exercises using CTF platforms, cyber ranges and cutting-edge infrastructures. Learn more at https://cybersecnatlab.it/. Learn More
CAPTURE THE FLAG COMPETITION PROVIDER


METACTF creates hands-on, interactive, and learning-based cybersecurity training that makes it easy to skill up your workforce. Our training platform breaks down complex cybersecurity concepts into engaging challenges that simulate real-world scenarios. Learn more at https://metactf.com/companies. Learn More
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PARTNERS & SPONSORS

 
PlayCyber
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ISACA
Teradata
Cisco
WWT
International Cybersecurity Challenge (ICC)
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ENISA
QLabs
Meshco-logo

GOVERNMENT PARTNER

NICE

FISCAL PARTNER

Women's Society of Cyberjutsu

OUTREACH PARTNERS

Cyber Center of Excellence
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ISSA
ICIT
Raices Cyber
the Cyberwire
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