99. What That Means with Camille: Hack@DAC Winning Strategies!

<p>In this episode of Cyber Security Inside What That Means, Camille chats with the three leaders of the teams that won the Hack@ event in December, Animesh Basak Chowdhury and Baleegh Ahmad from NYU, and Orlando R. Arias from University of Florida to learn more about the event and the strategy behind it.</p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The conversation covers:</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">-  What the Hack@DAC event is, and how people choose their teams.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">-  Some of the strategies used by the winning teams.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">-  What the event is like while it is running, and why people should try and participate.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">-  The realistic nature of the event and how it relates to the cybersecurity field itself.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">... and more. Don’t miss it!</span></p> <p> </p> <p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">The views and opinions expressed are those of the guests and author and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of Intel Corporation.</span></em></p> <p><br /> <br /></p> <p><strong>Here are some key takeaways:</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">-  The guests from this podcast were all leaders of the teams that won the Hack@ event, a hardware security competition. The competition is a fun, intense two day event. Some teams went in to test some of their own tools.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">-  Some teams used some hardware features they brought with them, and also had to write code on site on the fly. There are different beliefs on how big your team should be and how working together is very important.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">-  One team focused on peripherals, assigning different ones to different people. They then realized that since everything was connected, they needed to shift strategy.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">-  It is clear that in a team like t