2021 SANS Holiday Hack Challenge & KringleCon

DEADLINE EXTENDED — If you'd like to enter the contest for a chance to win a prize, please submit a report with a description of how you solved each objective in the Google form here (requires Google account to access) by the end of the day on January 7, 2022*. Alternatively, if you'd rather not use the Google form, you can email your answers to SANSHolidayHackChallenge@counterhack.com. You DO NOT have to answer all questions to be eligible to win a prize. All reports must be 50 pages or fewer in length.

From all submitted entries, we'll pick nine winners, according to the following plan:

• Seven random draw answers selected from all entries, regardless of how complete or incomplete they are
• The best technical answer - ONE SUBSCRIPTION TO NETWARS CONTINUOUS 2 for FOUR MONTHS

• The most creative answer that is technically correct - ONE SUBSCRIPTION TO NETWARS CONTINUOUS 2 for FOUR MONTHS

• The best overall answer, our GRAND PRIZE WINNER - ONE SANS ONLINE TRAINING COURSE**

Remember, even if you can't answer one or more of the questions, please do submit an answer of any kind to be entered in our random draw. Seriously, if you get 50%, 80%, or 98% of the answers, you'll still be eligible to win.

The seven random draw answers will receive a much coveted, beautiful Holiday Hack T-Shirt from KringleCon.

The best technical answer and the most creative answer each will receive a subscription to NetWars Continuous 2, with 4 months of access to the exciting SANS cyber range to develop skills, have fun, and earn CPEs!

The very best overall answer earns our Grand Prize - a complimentary SANS Online Training course of your choice! The winner will choose from any of SANS' 30+ Online Courses, and will complete SANS training at their own pace from anywhere on the internet.

We kindly ask that you refrain from publicly publishing any answers, write-ups, or walkthroughs until after our submission deadline of January 7, 2022. Once that passes, please feel free to publish!

Happy Holidays!

--Counter Hack and Friends
* Any time zone on planet Earth will do.
**SANS will choose only one winner for the Grand Prize. These prizes are not transferable to another person or event and do not include a certification attempt. Only one course will be awarded per category, regardless of how many people contributed to a winning submission. No substitutions are allowed. For any of these prizes, SANS is not responsible for lost, late, or unintelligible entries, lost connections, miscommunications, failed transmissions, reindeer attacks, or other technical difficulties or failures.

CREDITS
SANS Holiday Hack Challenge 2021
Jack’s Back!

Direction:
Ed Skoudis

Technical Lead:
Joshua Wright

Narrative / Story:
Ed Skoudis & Chris Elgee

World Builder:
Evan Booth

World Wrangler:
Jared Folkins

Programming:
Evan Booth, Ron Bowes, Chris Davis, Chris Elgee, Jared Folkins, Tom F. Liston, and Joshua Wright

System Builds & Administration:
Jared Folkins

Artwork:
Evan Booth, Patrick Chapman, Chris Davis, Marc Dostie, Chris Elgee, Chris Fleener, and Annie Royal

Voice Artists:
Christy Elgee, Siana Collins, and Ed Skoudis

Challenge Development:
Evan Booth, Ron Bowes, Drew Church, Chris Davis, Chris Elgee, Doug Erkkila, Dave Herrald, Tom Hessman, Marcus Laferrera, Ed Skoudis, Audra Streetman, Audra Streetman, Marcus Stewart, Clay Moody, Tom Liston, Josh Levine, Kevin Tyers, Andy Smith, and Joshua Wright

Soundtrack:
Chris Elgee & Kendra Pendolino, Mary Ellen Kennel, Ninjula, Ed Skoudis, and Josh Skoudis

Website Design:
Marc Dostie, Tom Hessman

Conference Scheduler and Speaker Wrangler:
Jennifer Santiago

Discord Coordinator:
Marcus Stewart

Swag Designer and Implementer:
Jeremy Kulikowski

Testing and Feedback:

Tad Bennett, Ron Bowes, Sanjay Choudhary, Mike Dopheide, Chris Elgee, Jared Folkins, Vlad Grigorescu, Tom Hessman, Jeremy Kulikowski, Sam Oehlert, Daniel Pendolino, Jerry Salinas, Lynn Schifano, Ed Skoudis, Marcus Stewart, Ryan Williams, and Joshua Wright

KringleCon Speakers:
Ed Skoudis - Host
Andy Smith, Chris Davis, Bjarki Ágúst Guðmundsson, Sean Atkinson, Chris Elgee, Clay Moody, Jay Beale, Kevin Tyers, Mary Ellen Kennel, Nancy Gariché, Tom Liston, Xena Olsen, Jason Blanchard, Qwerty Petabyte, and Google.

Marketing:
Patrick Chapman, Marc Dostie, Michelle Petersen, Joel Anker, and Darren Beare

Extra Special Thank You To...
The SANS Institute