International cybersecurity games

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International cybersecurity games

The biggest event for budding cybersecurity experts

Go through all stages of the International Games and gain hands-on experience in cybersecurity. Only the strongest will make it to the finals.

Qualifying stage with practical tasks

Tackle challenges from cybersecurity market leaders to qualify for the final stage of the International Games, the student cyberbattle

[ 01 ]

Meetups with leading cybersecurity experts

Learn from top cybersecurity experts

[ 02 ]

Standoff Cyberbattle for students

Showcase your skills in bug hunting or incident investigation

[ 03 ]

Upskill programs

Become one of the best contestants in the student cyberbattle and win a hands-on internship with mentor support: PT Start or Jet Security Start. You'll also be able to take educational courses run by CyberED

[ 04 ]

Choose your role in the International Cybersecurity Games

Attackers

Together with your team, uncover vulnerabilities in IT infrastructure and execute critical events as assigned.

Defenders

Detect and investigate attacks with the advanced cybersecurity tools developed by Positive Technologies.

The International Games have two seasons.The application period for the autumn season is now closed. Join our Telegram channel so that you don't miss the start of the qualifiers for the spring season.

Winners of the International Games autumn season

ATTACKERS

1

Куплю POC

2

GISCYBERTEAM Junior

3

mimicats

4

LaCringe

4

SPACE

5

FR13NDS TEAM

6

GC0D3S

6

IBEEE

7

Red Cadets

8

Team8

9

MCG

10

gone with the wind

11

N0N@me13

12

H3xl3ss

13

Aqu4r1um

14

ITMOteam

15

g0Sst0pka

16

HotPentesters

17

ICE

18

WireLesShark

19

BinaryBears-Red

20

cR4.sh

21

nop

22

TaipanByte

23

0xZ3rol0g1c

24

GreenWallTeam

25

SIGAN

26

Raptors

27

5 boys 1 task

28

Inglourious Basterds

DEFENDERS

1

BB

2

FEFU EXE1sior

3

Ransom_abcd

4

Карасики

5

ПКЛПО

6

Psy_Op

7

SOC Добрый

8

DurkaOnline

9

Fu11 0N Z3r0

10

BonchCyberShield

11

K0TN

12

бинбаш

13

r3pka

14

R00tk1t

15

Сyb3rW1zards

16

BinaryBears-Blue

17

sudo rm -rf /*

18

СБС

19

ZOV

20

CUT

21

GC0D3S_Blue

22

MEPhishers

23

TTPI

24

HydroNik

25

DevOps600k

Standoff Cyberbattle for students

This is the final stage of the International Games. The best teams selected in the qualifiers will compete here.

Uncover vulnerabilities in IT systems or investigate attacks in the realistic environment of the Standoff Cyberrange.

[ 01 ]

Acquire

hands-on experience in cybersecurity, tackling tasks on realistic replicas of IT systems from various economic sectors

[ 02 ]

Explore

case studies provided by top cybersecurity experts

[ 03 ]

Participate

in onboarding with
top-tier cybersecurity companies

[ 04 ]

Compete

for the grand prizes and the prestigious winner title

Autumn 2024 International Cybersecurity Games timeline

October 23

October 30

October 31

November 1

Early November

End of application submission

Cybersecurity Games, day 1
(11:00–20:00 UTC+3)

Cybersecurity Games, day 2
(11:00–20:00 UTC+3)

Announcement of winners

Launch of the upskill programs: PT Start and Jet Security Start

What's in store for the winners of the autumn season?

Attackers

Automatic entry in the legendary Standoff Cyberbattle in 2025

[ without going through qualifiers ]

Automatic entry in the final stage of the spring season of the International Games during the PHDays Fest in 2025

[ with free accommodation and travel ]

Defenders

For all winners

Upskill programs

Depending on the type of qualifier, the top teams will join one of the two internships with mentor support: the second stage of PT Start or Jet Security Start. Plus, there's a special prize from CyberED

The title of
student cyberbattle winner

that will boost your career in cybersecurity

Achievement badges on the Standoff 365 leaderboard

to publicize your awesome skills

Standoff merch
(of course)

so you can stand out among your peers

CyberED merch

for the winners in special categories

Even if you don't make it to the student Standoff Cyberbattle in 2024, join our Telegram channel to get ready for the spring season of the International Cybersecurity Games in 2025.

International Cybersecurity Games seasons

International Cybersecurity Games: autumn 2024

International Cybersecurity Games: spring 2025

Start

Qualifiers for the student Standoff Cyberbattle

Top teams

The finals of the autumn season of the International Games: the student Standoff Cyberbattle

Upskill programs:
PT Start and Jet Security Start

Attackers

Defenders

Qualifiers for the student Standoff Cyberbattle

Standoff qualifiers

Selection through the international cybersecurity games partner

PHDays Fest

Standoff 15 Cyberbattle

The finals of the spring season of the international games: the student Standoff Cyberbattle

September–October 2024

October 2024

Spring 2025

May 2025

Organizers of the games

A platform for testing and improving cybersecurity skills

A leader in the Russian IT space, your go-to system integrator in IT and cybersecurity

An industry leader in result-driven cybersecurity and a major global provider of information security solutions

An educational project supported by Positive Technologies, offering cybersecurity training courses and materials for everyone
from beginners to seasoned professionals

A project for sharing practical experience in cybersecurity. Includes an annual online conference with cyber exercises and a series of meetups

An educational partner of the games that provides an environment for top-tier learning and exchange of experience within the professional community

Up your chances of winning

Study this section if you want to boost your chances of passing the qualifiers and winning the student cyberbattle.

What you need to participate

Attackers

Defenders

[ 01 ]

Understand the principles of corporate network design and firewall operation.

[ 02 ]

Be able to work with different operating systems.

[ 03 ]

Be familiar with Active Directory–based infrastructures and be able to find and exploit vulnerabilities and misconfigurations.

[ 04 ]

Have skills in conducting web attacks and exploiting threats from the OWASP Top 10 list.

[ 05 ]

Understand the basics of penetration testing (reconnaissance, scanning, exploitation, persistence, and privilege escalation).

[ 06 ]

Have offensive security certifications such as OSCP or OSWE.

[ 07 ]

Participate in public offensive security research (presentations, blog articles, and CVEs).

[ 08 ]

Be active on specialized platforms such as Bugcrowd, HackerOne, Hack The Box, Root Me, Standoff 365, or TryHackMe.

[ 09 ]

Make sure your team members have versatile skills covering the key areas: web testing, infrastructure, reverse engineering, and threat intelligence.

[ 01 ]

Understand the principles of corporate network design and firewall operation.

[ 02 ]

Be able to use network traffic analyzers, such as Microsoft Network Monitor or Wireshark.

[ 03 ]

Be able to work with different operating systems.

[ 04 ]

Understand the main web attack vectors and how attackers exploit threats from the OWASP Top 10 list, as well as SQL injections, XSS, and Path Traversal.

[ 05 ]

Understand the key attack vectors and stages (reconnaissance, gaining access to the target, malicious code execution, lateral movement), along with persistence techniques and privilege escalation techniques.

[ 06 ]

Be able to use the MITRE ATT&CK matrix and the Cyber Kill Chain model.

Attackers

[ 01 ]

Understand the principles of corporate network design and firewall operation.

[ 02 ]

Be able to work with different operating systems.

[ 03 ]

Be familiar with Active Directory–based infrastructures and be able to find and exploit vulnerabilities and misconfigurations.

[ 04 ]

Have skills in conducting web attacks and exploiting threats from the OWASP Top 10 list.

[ 05 ]

Understand the basics of penetration testing (reconnaissance, scanning, exploitation, persistence, and privilege escalation).

[ 06 ]

Have offensive security certifications such as OSCP or OSWE.

[ 07 ]

Participate in public offensive security research (presentations, blog articles, and CVEs).

[ 08 ]

Be active on specialized platforms such as Bugcrowd, HackerOne, Hack The Box, Root Me, Standoff 365, or TryHackMe.

[ 09 ]

Make sure your team members have versatile skills covering the key areas: web testing, infrastructure, reverse engineering, and threat intelligence.

Defenders

[ 01 ]

Understand the principles of corporate network design and firewall operation.

[ 02 ]

Be able to use network traffic analyzers, such as Microsoft Network Monitor or Wireshark.

[ 03 ]

Be able to work with different operating systems.

[ 04 ]

Understand the main web attack vectors and how attackers exploit threats from the OWASP Top 10 list, as well as SQL injections, XSS, and Path Traversal.

[ 05 ]

Understand the key attack vectors and stages (reconnaissance, gaining access to the target, malicious code execution, lateral movement), along with persistence techniques and privilege escalation techniques.

[ 06 ]

Be able to use the MITRE ATT&CK matrix and the Cyber Kill Chain model.