Standoff 11 recapped

Standoff 11 is a competition in the form of cyberexercises for infosec specialists to test security systems used in a variety of industries.

The virtual battleground is State F. The red teams of attackers search for vulnerabilities in the state's infrastructure and attempt to trigger non-tolerable events. The blue teams of defenders, on the other hand, will detect attacks and investigate incidents as quickly as possible.

In 2023, Standoff 11 was held over four days:

• On May 17–18, the closed-door part of the cyberbattle took place. The hackers identified some vulnerabilities in the infrastructure and triggered the first non-tolerable events.
• On May 19–20, the hacker castle on the Gorky Park embankment opened its doors to all visitors so that they could watch the attackers and defenders go head-to-head at the cyberrange.

Standoff is an annual event. Before the new dates are announced, you can participate in other activities that take place 24/7/365:

• Standoff 365 Bug Bounty programs. Bug Bounty is a chance to earn rewards by finding vulnerabilities and ways to realize non-tolerable events in systems of real companies.
• Cyberrange exercises. The cyberrange is a virtual model of a state that emulates real-life production and business processes so that you can get hands-on hacking experience and practical insights.

Innostage CyberART is a cyberthreat prevention center that will function as a global security operations center (SOC) at Standoff 11.
 

The expert team will:

• Set up and maintain the cyberrange infrastructure and information security tools.
• Judge the red and blue teams.
• Monitor incidents and analyze attack chains.