Wicked6 Cyber Games Finalist
Issued by
SynED
Earners of this badge were 1 of 6 team finalists for the Wicked6 Cyber Games, a unique cybersecurity exhibition and fundraiser for Women's Society of Cyberjutsu held at HyperX Esports Arena Las Vegas at the Luxor Hotel and Casino on August 8, 2019. The Wicked6 Cyber Games are designed to simulate industry-specific cyber-attack scenarios. Competitors exhibit critical cyber defense skills that directly map to abilities that corporate recruiters seek to fill the growing number of IT security jobs.
- Type Validation
- Level Advanced
- Time Hours
Skills
- Basic Linux Tasks
- Basic Programming Conce
- Command Line
- Computer Language
- Computer Network Defense
- Data Archives Gathering
- Data Encryption
- Forensics Analysis
- Hacking Methodologies
- Host Analysis
- Incident Response Management
- Information System
- Infrastructure (Network) Design
- Intelligence Gathering
- Network Device Configuration
- Network Security
- Operating Systems
- Vulnerability Assessment
Earning Criteria
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Completed Qualification Round Mission 2M (Individual)-Operation Bear Treat (Offensive: Stop Terrorist Financing), with the following mission objectives: #1- Find the target web server, #2- Exploit a vulnerability, #3- Gain administrative access, #4- Gather credentials, #5- Identify and access internal system, #6- Retrieve bank account data .
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Completed Qualification Round Mission 5E (Team)-Operation Wounded Bear (Defensive: Protect Financial Institution, with the following mission objectives: #1- Use IDS/IPS to alert/ block initial malware infection vectors, #2- Alert/ prevent download of malicious executables, #3- Create alert for infections, #4- Remove malware from initially infected machine, #5- Find and remove other instances of malware, #6- Prevent further infections.
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Completed Round 1 Challenge Mission 10E (Team)-Operation Crimson Wolf (Defensive: Ransomware), with the following mission objectives: #1- Verify networking monitoring tools are functioning, #2- Examine current email policies for risk, #3- Examine domain group/user policies for risk, #4- Verify Ransomware download.
Standards
The National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE) Cybersecurity Workforce Framework (NICE Framework), published by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in NIST Special Publication 800-181, is a nationally focused resource that establishes a taxonomy and common lexicon to describe cybersecurity work and workers.