Cyber Crime Cup ™

Competition Overview
Cyber Crime Cup ™ is a CTF (Capture The Flag) cyber security competition for university students.
The competition is organised by STOP CYBERCRIME LTD (cybercrime.co.uk) in association with BCS (bcs.org).

Competition Dates
- Qualifying Round (Online): Starts at 2pm on Friday 1st November 2019. Ends at 2pm on Wednesday 6th November 2019.
- Final Round (Etihad Stadium, Manchester): Monday 25th November 2019 between 11am and 2pm (for top 10 teams)
- Final Match (Etihad Stadium, Manchester): Monday 25th November 2019 between 3pm and 4:30pm (for top 2 teams)
- Awards Ceremony (Etihad Stadium, Manchester): Monday 25th November 2019 between 6pm and 8:00pm (for top 3 teams)

How To Play
You need to be a member of a university team to play. Your team can have between 1 and 5 members. You can join an existing team or create a new one (max. 5 teams per university in Online Qualifying Round and max. 1 team per university in Final Round). The Team Dashboard is the centre of action where challenges will be available. Points are scored by completing challenges. You can see the progress of your team on a live leaderboard.

Team Registration
All teams must be registered by 2pm on Wednesday 30th October 2019 using this link: www.cybercrime.co.uk/register-student
Requests for late registrations (after above date) must be sent to the competition organiser: adrianthompson@bcs.org.uk

Online Qualifying Round (1st - 6th Nov)
You can play online at home, at university or anywhere you like. 25 universities are expected to compete in the Online Qualifying Round. 10 university teams will qualify for the Final Round - These are the nine university teams with the most points as shown on our live leader board plus the winning team from last year's competition. In some press releases including articles on bcs.org this is referred to as "The top 10 teams" for simplicity. However it should be noted that only 9 qualifying spaces are available to the teams with the most points and they will join the winners from last year making a total of ten teams. Only one team from each university will be eligible for the final round.

Automatic Qualification
Lancaster University automatically qualify for Final Round as they won the 2018 competition. This leaves 9 available qualifying spaces for other universities. The winning university this year will likewise automatically qualify for Cyber Crime Cup ™ Final Round in 2020.

Invitations to Final Round
Results of Online Qualifying Round will be available at 2pm on Wednesday 6th November by looking at the leader board. If your university is successful in the Online Qualifying Round, you will receive an invitation to compete in the Final Round at Etihad Stadium. Invitations will be sent by 11th November 2019 to the email address you registered with us. You must reply to the email to accept your invitation by 18th November 2019 or you may not be eligible to play in the Final Round. If your team consists of less than 5 players, you will have the option to invite more players from your university to join you for the Final Round.

Final Round (11am, 25th Nov)
If you reach the Final Round, you are representing your university. Therefore the name of your university (not your team name) will appear on the leader boards during the Final Round. Please arrive with your laptop (maximum one laptop per player) at the Etihad Stadium by 10:00am on 25th November 2019. Each team will be taken to their own private Executive Box at 10:30am. The Final Round begins at 11:00am and ends at 2:00pm. Live leaderboards will show your progress and the top two teams will be invited to play in the Final Match at 3:00pm in front of a live audience. More details about the Final Round and Final Match will be provided along with your Invitation.

Final Match (3pm, 25th Nov)
The top two teams from Final Round will play in the Etihad Stadium, Legends Suite at 3:00pm on 25th November (one hour after the Final Round). There are two team stages seperated by a central commentary stage. Live Commentary is by BCS and IBM X-Force IRIS. Five "Noise Cancelling Headphones with Microphone" will be provided to each team (one per player) as commonly used in eSport. The winner of this Final Match will be awarded 1st prize in the competition and the silver trophy. The losing team will receive 2nd prize in the competition.

Awards Ceremony (6pm, 25th Nov)
The Awards Ceremony takes place during the Cyber Crime 2019 Conference between 6:00pm and 8:00pm and includes team photos. Names of players on the winning teams along with photos will also be published a few days later on bcs.org and cybercrime.co.uk.

Executive Box Rooms
Each of the 10 teams in the Final Round will be assigned an Executive Box Room at the stadium. Refreshments will be provided for you in this room throughout the day. The purpose of this room is to provide a private team headquarters during the Final Round (11:00am - 2:00pm). Although you will have full access to your assigned Executive Box Room from 10:30am until 6:00pm. Please ensure you have vacated the room by 6:00pm - The evening conference starts at this time in the Legends Suite and you are warmly invited to join us.

Privacy
We do not screen capture (record) laptops. Our spectator system shows player activity by analysing server log files in real-time.

£2,500 Prize Fund
You must be present at the Awards Ceremony to collect your prize on stage. All 5 members of the winning team will receive a certificate and equally share the cash prize of £1,000 (split across 5 cheques of £200 each). IBM X-Force will be presenting the first place certificates. All 5 members of the 2nd place team will receive a certificate and equally share the cash prize of £750 (split across 5 cheques of £150 each). Secarma will be presenting the second place certificates. All 5 members of the 3rd place team will receive a certificate and equally share the cash prize of £500 (split across 5 cheques of £100 each). Police (North West Regional Organised Crime Unit) will be presenting the third place certificates. The top player of the Final Round will receive a certificate and a cash prize of £250 (cheque). BCS will be presenting the third place certificates.

Cyber Crime Cup ™ Silver Trophy
You must be present at the Awards Ceremony to be awarded the silver trophy on stage. You acknowledge the silver trophy remains the sole property of BCS (British Computer Society). The competition organisers (STOP CYBERCRIME LTD and BCS) cannot guarantee you will automatically meet the requirements to house the trophy at your university. Any agreement to house the trophy at your university must be made directly with BCS subject to their terms and conditions of stewardship. If you reach an agreement to house the trophy at your university (i.e. if you meet insurance requirements etc.) then you agree to return the trophy back to BCS Head Office no later than 1st September 2020.

Thanks For Playing!
We hope you enjoy the competition.

Cyber Crime UK Team
STOP CYBERCRIME LTD