Annual hybrid cyber lab organized by Cyber Security Institute (CSI) to increase cooperation with the business sector and ensure labour market relevance.
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GLOBSEC 2023 CYBER RANGE EXERCISE BRIEFING
Date: 2-3 November 2023
Cyber Lab Organizer: Prof. Elmarie Biermann (CSI)
Format: 3-person teams consisting of UiT and SU students. Participants will need to allocate preparation time (10+ hours) as well as both days of the competition and expect to work into the evenings before each competition day. You will also need a quiet room for team presentation. You can either be seated in separate rooms or choose to sit together. Each student will have a turn to present as a member of the team. No PowerPoint is necessary, but the decision documents will be drawn up and presented to the judges. You will also need a team name.
- This is a non-technical incident response exercise.
- The Range will compromise a fictitious scenario (Scenario 1) of a massive, adverse cyber event. The scenario will be sent to the teams 5 days ahead of the exercise.
- Each team may (should) appoint a coach.
- The coaches will be briefed by Noelle vd Waag ahead of Scenario 1 being sent out.
- The teams will play the role of policy advisors at a national level and will present 3 high-level response options to government leaders, which include the advantages and disadvantages of each option. (Further detailed information regarding this will be circulated shortly).
- The teams will be required to present their decision document to a panel of 3 judges, who will score them and provide feedback.
- Following this, round one is over and round two begins. After both teams have been scored, they will receive an escalation scenario (Scenario 2).
- The same format will be followed during the escalation – however, this is also a pressure test as the policy response options must be devised overnight and presented the following day.
- The winning team score will be calculated by adding both scenarios’ scores together.
- Both teams will be encouraged to utilize this experience to enter the Geneva Cyber competition on April 24, 2023.
The Scenario Background
The cyber range does not assume any cyber security knowledge or competence on the part of the students. This is a strategic-level thinking exercise implying a knowledge of statecraft, risk and resilience, national security, critical infrastructure and contemporary global threats and geo-political tension.
One or two choice background readings will be provided shortly in order to assist the students in understanding how major cyber incidents can harm national strategic stability.