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What is CISS2021-OL?

Critical Infrastructure Security Showdown 2021 – Online (CISS2021-OL) is the fifth run of iTrust’s international technology assessment exercise. This is the second year that the exercise is held entirely online and is sponsored by the National Research Foundation and the Ministry of Defence.

What is new this year?

CISS2021-OL will come with the following exciting additions:

  1.  World Wide Web as entry point 
  2.  Water Distribution (WADI) testbed as additional attack surface
  3.  5 hours for Red Teams (instead of 4)
  4.  Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS) installed
  5.  Avoid IDS detection = higher score
  6.  Using reflector server to mask identity = higher score
  7.  Prize $ doubled

Exercise Documentation

Version 1 (18 June)

Stage 1 FAQ

Please download a copy here. For further questions, please write in to itrust@sutd.edu.sg

CISS2021-OL Opening Ceremony

CISS2021-OL Closing Ceremony

             

Click to view videos

Finals Results

  • 1st: KPMG
  • 2nd: OolongNaiCha
  • 3rd: CISShells by the CISShore

Post-event Report

[30 Mar 22]: Please download the report here.

Updates

  • 10 Aug: Briefing for Blue Team Vendors (2 – 4pm); briefing slides can be downloaded here
  • 6 Aug: Briefing for CII Blue Teams (2 – 4pm); briefing slides can be downloaded here
  • 4 Aug: Updated briefing slides (slide 25 & 26) for Red Team Finalists can be downloaded here
  • 31 Jul: Red Teams: Book your 90-min familiarisation slot here
  • 30 Jul: Briefing for Red Team Finalists (4 – 6pm, GMT +8); briefing slides can be downloaded here and video can be viewed here
  • 21 Jul: Finalists for CISS2021-OL is published!
  • 3 Jul: Stage 1 briefing slides can be downloaded here; video can be viewed here
  • 29 June: Updated Stage 1 briefing slides have been sent to Red Teams; a copy can also be downloaded here
  • 29 June: VPN profiles and accounts sent to Red Teams
  • 25 June: 17 Red Teams & 6 Blue Team Vendors have signed up!
  • 23 June: Briefing on Stage 1 for Red Teams is on 2 Jul, 4 – 5pm (SGT, GMT +8); Red Teams would have received the Zoom link and briefing deck for the briefing
  • 18 June: Blue Team Vendors – please use this link to sign up for onsite deployment slots (16 to 27 Aug)
  • 18 June: Version 1 of Exercise Documentation is available for viewing
  • 18 June: 17 Red Teams & 5 Blue Team Vendors have signed up!
  • 11 June: Red Teams – please use this link to sign up for Stage 1 (5 to 16 Jul)
  • 9 June: 14 Red Teams have signed up!
  • 9 June: Important dates updated
  • 21 May: Anonymised reports from previous exercises can be downloaded: 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020
  • 20 May: CISS2021-OL info page created

Access to world’s largest industrial-grade critical infrastructure playground

   

A novel and complex OT system awaits participants of CISS2021-OL

Important dates (subject to changes)

May 2021 June 2021
  Invitation to RT & BT Deadline for participation  
July 2021 August 2021
Stage 1 (RT)
5th – 16th
Briefings
RT (Finalists): 30th,
4-6pm (GMT+8)
Briefings
BT (CII): 6th, 2-4pm
BT (Vendors): 10th, 2-4pm
Familiarisation (RT)
4th – 13th
BT (CII) deployment & testing
16th – 20th
BT (Vendors) deployment & testing
16th – 27th
BT (CII) familiarisation

23rd – 27th
 September 2021
RT Exercise
6th – 10th
(5 hours/team)
BT Exercise
13th – 17th
(8 hours/team)
   

RT = Red Teams; BT = Blue Teams

Can I participate in CISS2021-OL?

Participation in this exclusive and unique exercise is by invitation only. Invited Red Teams can form up to 4 members per team; Blue Teams between 6 to 10 members. Keep a look out for our invitation in your inbox !

What will I win?

The top 3 Red Teams stand to win attractive cash prizes!

1st prize: S$4,000
2nd prize: S$2,000
3rd prize: S$1,000

Red and Blue Teams Invitation Posters

      

 

CISS News & Event Gallery

CISS2020-OL Award Ceremony

CISS2020-OL Opening Ceremony

CISS2019

Past years’ Red Teams

Applied Risk                                Lancaster University Case Study         NAIST (English) (@NAIST_MAIN_EN) | Twitter         

     CTFtime.org / NUSGreyhats        Politecnico di Milano – RECIPE H2020 Project  

                   

  Graz University of Technology - Wikipedia       Frontiers and the Technical University of Munich form open access publishing agreement – Science & research news | Frontiers            University of Oxford visual identity - Fonts In Use  

Sponsoring Partners

iTrust thanks the following sponsoring partners for this year’s exercise!

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