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Cyber Polygon is a BI.ZONE initiative aimed at raising global cyber resilience. Cyber Polygon 2024 will take place on September 10–11 during MENA ISC in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
This year, the initiative features:
- an online technical training on BI.ZONE Cyber Polygon Platform designed for the development of cyber defense skills
- offline activities for visitors of the Cyber Polygon booth at the MENA ISC venue
At MENA ISC, BI.ZONE experts will conduct workshops, share their experience, and take part in panel discussions on strategic cybersecurity issues.
To join the online training Cyber Polygon 2024, register your team here.
To engage in Cyber Polygon 2024 offline activities, visit the booth at MENA ISC in Saudi Arabia.
You can also assess and improve your own cyber defense skills online at any time—register and go through the tasks on BI.ZONE Cyber Polygon Platform.
The exercise is dedicated to investigating a sophisticated targeted attack on a tech enterprise:
- The teams will investigate a potential infrastructure compromise and data leaks using classical forensics and threat hunting techniques.
- The audience will be able to track the progress in real time on a special scoreboard.
- The visitors of the conference will be able to test themselves through the exercises on BI.ZONE Cyber Polygon Platform.
The technical training is designed for specialists in incident monitoring, forensics, and prevention.
Each organization is an independent blue team tasked with investigating the incident using classical forensics and threat hunting techniques.
The training is open to:
- incident response specialists
- red teams and blue teams
- students in cybersecurity
You can participate from anywhere in the world.
The exercise will take place online and will last 24 hours. During that time, the participants will have to investigate an incident by answering scenario questions on the platform. For this purpose, we will provide images of virtual machines with the necessary set of tools, guides, and artifacts for investigation. All of these will become available for download at least two weeks before the training starts.
The scenario questions will be revealed in logical segments; to move to the next segment, all the questions in the current segment must be answered. They will be visible to all team members, but only the captain will be able to enter the answers.
Once an answer is submitted, it cannot be changed. To reduce the likelihood of error, you can compare the answer format and use the hints.
If you do not have an account on BI.ZONE Cyber Polygon Platform
Register via the Cyber Polygon 2024 tab on the registration page.
If you already have an account on BI.ZONE Cyber Polygon Platform
Log in and go to your personal account. At the bottom of the page, you will see a banner for joining Cyber Polygon 2024. Click Register.
Via invitation link
- If you do not have an account on BI.ZONE Cyber Polygon Platform, you will see the registration window for Cyber Polygon 2024. Fill in the required fields and pay particular attention to the team’s name. Check for typos before submitting the form.
- If you already have an account on BI.ZONE Cyber Polygon Platform and you are authorized on the platform, you will be redirected to a simplified registration form for Cyber Polygon 2024. The form opens with the team name already filled in, and you only need to enter the remaining details.
To register, you need to provide your corporate email, team name, and the name, industry, and country of your organization. Your team name will be visible to other participants, but the rest of the company information will be visible only to the organizers.
A team can have from 1 to 10 participants, including the captain.
If an organization is planning to have more participants, it is allowed to register more teams. The number of teams from one organization is unlimited.
During registration, it is important to make sure that the team name is spelled correctly. If the team name you entered is available, the system will automatically create it and assign you the captain.
You can change teams in your personal account. The captain of the other team will be able to send you an invitation link.
The virtual machine images needed to complete the training tasks already contain the necessary tools. But you can use any other tools you want.
Download and check in advance the virtual machine images, artifacts, and guides. This will save you time for the investigation. At the start time, we will publish the password to the archive with artifacts, and you will be able to unzip them and immediately begin the tasks.
Also, we recommend practicing on BI.ZONE Cyber Polygon Platform designed for individual training and assessment of cyber defense skills.
The technical training is designed for cybersecurity and IT professionals of different levels.
It is advisable that the teams include specialists in forensics, security assessment, and threat monitoring (SOC).
