Category: News

ISSessions is back with a new executive team led by our fearless leaders Nash and Kurt!

We have a great meeting planned for you, you get to meet our new team and Louai, Yusef and Kyle will be giving a presentation on different aspects of the ISSessions 2021 CTF!

DATE: May 27, 2021

TIME: 7:00pm

LOCATION: Virtual (Discord/Youtube)

AGENDA

• 7:00 – Kick-Off
• 7:05 – Introductions – Nash
• 7:30 – News Round Up – Cem, Jackson and Christian
• 8:00 – Break
• 8:10 – ISSessionsCTF2021 Analytics – Yusef
• 8:25 – The Automaton Returns: ISSessionsCTF in 30 Minutes or Less?! – Louai
  
  We’re so excited for you to come check it out!
  
  Project Den Abstract:
  
  CTFs are super fun. Building a CTF, on the other hand, err not so much… Luckily a relentless focus on automation and infrastructure as code can greatly simplify the problem! In this Project Den presentation, Louai Abboud will go over the infrastructure that powered ISSessionsCTF2021 and C3X: Dark Cloud Rising. If you love click-baity titles and bamboozling your brain on buzzwords like cloud, Docker, Ansible, and Kubernetes, this talk is for you!
  
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  I know we’re all excited, are you?!!?!
  
  – ISSessions Exec Team

With reading week officially starting today, ISSessions CTF 2021 coming soon, and registration opening tomorrow, you may be wondering if the good news is slowing down… IT’S NOT! We have a great ISSessions with a brand new guest speaker from Elastic planned for this Thursday, March 4th, at 7 PM EST.

DATE: 2021-03-04 (THURSDAY)
TIME: 19:00 – 21:00 EST
LOCATION: VIRTUAL (Discord + YouTube)

AGENDA:
19:00 – Kickoff/CTF Updates – Kurt
19:10 – News Roundup – Execs
19:30 – Rick’s Random Repo Rundown – Nick
19:50 – Break
20:00 – Network Defense Basics – Neil Desai

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Now that’s a meet-up if I’ve ever seen one! Kicking off the night with some announcements and updates on our newly announced CTF will be the one and only El Presidente – Kurt! Next, 4 great execs take on the latest news in infosec because… why not?! Everyone loved Rick’s Random Repo Rundown last week so, he’s coming back again! We’ll end off the night with a new (VERY SPECIAL) guest speaker – Neil Desai – who will be talking about Network Defense Basics!

NEIL DESAI
Neil Desai is a Principal Security Strategist at Elastic – the creators of the ELK stack! He has over two decades of information security experience. In past roles, he built Security Operations Centers (SOCs) and architected defensible and monitorable infrastructures for Fortune 500 US financial institutions. Neil is also one of the architects at C3X, so if you are interested in C3X… you will want to tune in!

NETWORK DEFENSE BASICS – Neil Desai
Defending a network starts with protecting it. We’ll go over some network architectures/configurations that can be utilized to help defend a network and enable better monitoring.

Quite the night! Great segments all around and a super guest speaker to end off the night. Make sure you tune it!:fire: :100:

See you all soon!

ISSessions CTF 2021: 🏳🏳
Who: Cybersecurity students enrolled in a post-secondary institution in Ontario, Canada 👩‍🎓 🧑‍🎓 👨‍🎓
What: An ISSessions Capture the Flag event ⚔️
Where: From the comfort of your home (it’s all online) 🏡
When:
-> Registration Opens: March 2, 2021 :track_next:
-> Event Dates: March 27 from 9 AM – 9 PM AND March 28 from 9 AM – 6 PM 🤞

Cost: FREE :💵
Difficulty Level: Very beginner to intermediate challenges 🤜
Team Size: 1-4 (though 3-4 people is highly recommended) 🤝
Sponsors: Trend Micro, Bell, Deloitte, Vontel, and Security Compass 👀

The entire executive team has been hard at work for the past couple of months working to bring this glorious event to our vast community. In the difficult time we live in, the exec team pondered how to make this year’s CTF come to fruition. With the help of many past and present contributors, we hope to bring you the biggest, and best CTF in ISSessions history. Registration opens on March 2, 2021! 🎊

With challenges ranging in difficulty from very basic to intermediate and and over 100 challenges in categories like Forensics, Data Analysis, Threat Hunting, Web, and much more, this CTF is for all students! It does not matter what year you are in, first, second, third or even fourth; we welcome and encourage @everyone! There will also be mini-workshops throughout both days brought to you by our sponsors: Trend Micro, Bell, Delliote, Vontel, and Security Compass. This event would not be possible without their incredible contributions! ❤️💪

There is a new category of channels in our Discord server called “ISSESSIONS_CTF – March 27 -28”. There you will find two channels: a channel that will hold all CTF updates and another channel to help you find a team! We will continue to post major updates under #club-announcements. In the coming weeks, we will be posting an ISSessions CTF package to answer any questions you may have.

For now, that’s all the information we can give. Start looking for your team and save the registration date so you can book your spot for this glorious event! Also, spread the news – tell your friends in other schools, and help us make this the most significant event in ISSessions history! 😤 🤟

Stay tuned for more updates!

-ISSessions Executive Team 💯 😎