Retrospect Labs are partnering with AISA at AdelaideSEC to provide a competition style incident response exercise for cyber security professionals, enthusiasts, students, as well as those interested in the field, who are attending AdelaideSEC. The competition is an exciting and fun way for you to use both your technical and non-technical skills to work through a realistic cyber incident - in a self-paced way - over 10 days. You can register a team of up to five people to work through the fictious incident, completing tasks along the way.
At the conclusion of the event, all of your submissions will be evaluated by a panel of judges, with the teams who place in the top three being announced as part of the AdelaideSEC conference!
For ten days, starting on Friday 2nd August 2024, participants will work their way through a scenario that simulates a real-world cyber incident, impacting a fictitious organisation. The scenario is designed to test your incident response skills, and so it includes several aspects common to incident response.
For example, the exercise will include forensic artefacts that participants can analyse to identify various Indicators of Compromise (IoCs), as well as understand what malicious activities have occurred and how the adversary undertook those activities (their Tactics, Techniques, and Procedure’s used). Participants will also be required to perform tasks that relate to managing the media, providing communications to senior leadership, and providing legal and privacy considerations in response to the incident. If you have an interest or skillset in these areas, you would be a beneficial addition to your team!
Throughout the exercise, teams will submit certain tasks common to incident response activities. These tasks will be reviewed by the judging panel, who will evaluate the performance of each team during the event and based on the tasks they complete!
Registration opens: Wednesday 17th July 2024 at 10:00am (ACST)
Registration close: Sunday 28th July 2024 at Midnight (ACST) or prior if fully subscribed
Competition official opening: Friday 2nd August 2024 at 9:00am (ACST)
Competition official close: Monday 12th August 2024 at 9:00am (ACST)
Winners announced: At AdelaideSEC Friday 16th August
There are some amazing prizes up for grabs for those who place in this event! A huge thank you to those who supported this event and generously donated prizes.
David is semi-retired and is currently providing cyber advisory services for an aged care organisation - He has more than 32 years of experience in Risk Assurance, Information Security and Cyber Security.
David holds the Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) Certification, is a Founder Member of the UK Chartered Institute of Information Security (MCIIS), a Member of the British Computer Society (MBCS) and a Fellow of the Australian Information Security Association (FAISA). He is formerly the inaugural South Australian Government Chief Information Security Officer.
Nicole’s privacy career spans more than two decades, and she is widely recognised for her extensive local and international expertise in privacy program management and acculturation. Her frank, candid and practical approach to privacy has established her as a trusted advisor to Boards and executive officers globally.
Nicole is an active mentor for privacy and cybersecurity professionals and is a sought-after speaker about the interface between privacy, cyber security, risk management, ethics and trust. She is a Fellow of the Australian Information Security Association (FAISA) and is a leading member of the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP). Prior to joining its ANZ Advisory Board in 2024, she co-chaired the IAPP’s KnowledgeNet Chapter for Queensland (Brisbane/ Gold Coast) for several years.
Sky is a seasoned communications expert with more than 30 years experience spanning corporate communications, media, government, and publishing. Currently, she spends most of her time as IT Communications Consultant with SA Power Networks, where she manages the internal communications for the Digital & Technology department. Sky is passionate about cyber security education and works closely with the Cyber Security team to translate this complex topic into compelling and easily digestible information for education and awareness campaigns across the organisation.
Her expertise lies in crafting business communications that are engaging, inclusive and customer-focused to support cultural and behavioural change. Through her consultancy Heartspace Enterprises, Sky provides communications services to a range of clients, including those in the defence, food and wine, and publishing industries
Jai has almost a decade of professional Cyber Security experience spanning disciplines including: Security Operations, Penetration Testing, Incident Response, Digital Forensics, Malware Analysis, Information Security Management, and Threat Hunting. Having previously worked as a Principal Analyst, and Senior Intrusion Researcher at CrowdStrike, Jai has spent more than half of his career investigating and responding to both eCrime and targeted intrusions against everything from small to medium sized businesses, all the way up to multiple fortune 500 companies.
Jai’s research findings have been included in certifications such as SANS FOR500, he has contributed to industry leading frameworks and projects such as MITRE ATT&CK, and is one of very few 'back-to-back' SANS Holiday Hack Challenge prize winners. Jai currently holds; a Bachelor of Information Technology, Diploma of Government, is an Offensive Security Certified Professional (OSCP), GIAC iOS and MacOS Examiner (GIME), and was an Academic Advisor for Security Blue Team’s ‘Blue Team Level 2’ (BTL2) certification.
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