This is an extremely difficult task since launching an attack on the enemy exposes the positions of your own Ground Silos, Subs and Bombers the moment they launch nuclear weapons, making you extremely vulnerable and exposed to a crushing counter-attack.ĭesperate attempts must be made to form fast, tactical alliances, alliances that may at any moment break-down to become the treacherous and most deadly of betrayals.
In order to win you must wipe out the enemy population and simultaneously disable the enemy's ability to retaliate against you. Points are awarded or lost depending on both the efficacy and thoroughness of your nuclear vendetta and the number of your own civilian deaths. Your mission is to successfully exterminate your enemy's civilian population whilst saving your own. You play a General hidden deep within an underground bunker. Learn more about how the BlackBerry IR team helps customers resolve cyber incidents.Inspired by the 1983 cult classic film, Wargames, DEFCON superbly evokes the tension, paranoia and suspicion of the Cold War era, playing on the fascinating aspects of psychological gameplay that occur during strategic nuclear warfare. Leveraging a world-class forensic laboratory, the IR team is ready to quickly secure the chain of evidence and process data and devices. The BlackBerry® Security Services team performs a wide variety of Digital Forensic/Incident Response (DFIR) services for clients. The complete list of winners with stats was shared in the OpenSOC DEF CON 29 blog.Ībout the BlackBerry Security Services Team We look forward to future competitions and increased participation, since these events are an excellent investment in our people as well as a great way to give back to the security community.Ĭongratulations to the BlackBerry Incident Response Teams, and especially those who represented us in the competition: Everyone involved had a great time sharpening their skills and advancing their training for real-world scenarios.
Since it is set in a fully functional replication of an enterprise environment, it provides exposure to wide range of challenges and applications, such as Microsoft® Active Directory®, Microsoft® Exchange, distributed networks, various sensors, log aggregation, end-user simulation and more.īlackBerry greatly appreciates OpenSOC, DEF CON, and the other 249 participants for contributing to such a fun and challenging event. This blue team defensive competition is a valuable way to train, collaborate, and challenge participants of all skill levels. The security professionals’ IR skills are then progressively challenged with realistic attacks that increase in difficulty as the competition continues. The department of defense and United States Armed Forces have never before raised the status level to defcon 1 (Defcon one) in the history of the United. OpenSOC is a digital forensics, incident response (DFIR), and threat-hunting challenge that highlights practical IR skills in an environment that emulates real-world situations. Defcon 1, also called Defcon One or Cocked Pistol is a maximum defense readiness condition level created in 1959 by the joint chiefs of staff that means nuclear war is imminent. BlackBerry Incident Response (IR) teams placed both first and third in the OpenSOC Network Defense Range (NDR) competition at DEF CON 29.