CONTEST RULES

This document serves as the official rules (the “Rules”) for the operation 33 Cyberbit-DEFCON 33 at the blue team village (the “Competition”).  Please see below for eligibility rules, event rules, judging rules, and prize rules.

This Competition is sponsored by Cyberbit, Inc.

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED.

Binding Agreement

In order to enter the Competition, you (“You,” “Your,” or “Participant”) must agree to these Rules. Therefore, please read these Rules prior to registration to ensure that You understand and agree. You are not eligible to receive the prizes described below unless You accept these Rules. By registration in the Competition You Accept the Rules, which form a binding agreement between You and Cyberbit, Inc. (the “Sponsor” or “Cyberbit”) with respect to the Competition , and agree to be bound by them.

Right to Publish and Use Information and Material about the Participant

• For the purpose of registration to the Competition, You will provide Sponsor with Your name, entity name, title (optional), team nickname (for teams only), email address (either private or work address), (“Registration Details”). Participants who register their team will provide the details of their team members as well (first name, last name and email)

• By registering in the Competition, You grant Sponsor the right to:

• To use the the following information in registration site only, and for creating the participants their user in the Cyberbit platform

The purpose of collecting and using the information in section (ii) above is for:

• Managing the Competition and performing supervision of the Participants’ registrations and behavior in the Competition;
• Announcing the Competition results and Participants’ score and rankings only at DEFCON 33 at the blue team village;
• Award and delivery of Prizes to the winning Participants.

• For information collected and processed while using the Cyberbit platform, pls. see the https://www.cyberbit.com/privacy-policy

Personal information provided in connection with the Competition will be used and disclosed by Sponsor as necessary for the purposes of administering the Competition and otherwise in accordance with the https://www.cyberbit.com/privacy-policy. The personal information will be kept at the offices or on the servers of Sponsor or its service providers, some of which may be located outside Your jurisdiction and become subject to local laws in these jurisdictions, and will be accessible to employees of Sponsor or its services providers that require it for the purposes of their duties. You hereby consent to the collection, use, storage and disclosure of Your personal information for the purposes set out in these Rules. To the extent that You provide to Sponsor any personal information relating to another individual, You hereby represent and warrant to Sponsor that You have obtained the consent of this individual to provide their personal information to Sponsor and to the collection, use, storage and disclosure of their personal information for the purposes and as otherwise set out in these Rules.

Participants hereby waive any inspection or approval of use of its name and likeness in the manner described in these Rules, as well as any claims based upon, right of publicity, defamation, false endorsement, or claim of visual or audio alteration or faulty mechanical reproduction.

Participant shall not be entitled to any payment or other compensation for any use described above. Participant hereby irrevocably waives the benefits of and agree not to assert any provision of law known as "moral rights" or any similar laws of any jurisdiction and further acknowledges that with respect to the Competition, all copyrights, including the right to reproduce Participant’s name, likeness or image shall belong to Sponsor exclusively. Participant hereby waives, releases, and discharges Cyberbit from any and all claims in relation to such usage.

For any questions in relation to Cyberbit’s use described above you may contact privacy@cyberbit.com.

Eligibility

The Competition is open to all individuals who are eighteen years or older, and are cyber security professionals currently residing (including at the date of the Competition) in [worldwide ] (“Eligible Territory") all registration will take place at a dedicated site , every individual can sign up for the individual competition, Teams should be signs also on the dedicated site and the team leader should sign all the team members at the registration phase

Applicants may only participate in groups of up to ten (4) individuals (each, a “Team”) the team is set by the team admin at the sign-up phase,  Participants must compete in the Team named in their registration. The Sponsor is not responsible for resolving any disputes between Team members. 

Employees, officers, directors, representatives and agents of the Sponsor and each of its subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, directors, retailers, sponsors, broadcasters, licensees and advertising/promotion agencies, and the immediate family members and those living in the same household of each, whether or not related, are not eligible to participate in the Competition. The Competition is void where prohibited by law.

Trade Restrictions and Export Control

Participants who fall within the scope of this section are not eligible for participation in the Competition.

Prohibited Persons. Participant represent and warrant that he is not an individual or an entity which is: (i) located in, under the control of, or a national or resident of Cuba, North Korea, Iran, Syria, Lebanon or Sudan or such other countries as may be additionally designated from time to time by the applicable governments where Cyberbit and/or any of its Affiliates are incorporated; or (ii) listed under the United States Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Asset Control list of “specially designated nationals and blocked persons,” the United States Commerce Department’s “denied parties list”, the United States Commerce Department’s “BIS Entity List” or such other applicable lists.

Application Deadline and Registration Details

The deadline to register is August 1, 2025, at 00:00 PM GMT-7 (the “Application Deadline”).

Teams will be disqualified if they do not comply with these Terms.

Competition Period

The Competition begins at on August 9, 2025 at 10:00 am GMT-7 and ends on August 10, 2025 18:00 PM GMT-7. The event period, which includes event programming, presentations, and judging, will last until August 10, 2025 18:00 PM GMT-7.

Competition Event Rules

The Competition will comprise varying levels of challenges (each, a “Challenge”) through Cyberbit’s Cloud platform to test the Teams’ cyber skills in detecting, investigating, and mitigating hyper-realistic attack simulations on the Cyberbit Cloud.

The Competition is designed to serve as an educational experience for all participants, providing valuable skill development and professional growth opportunities in cybersecurity defense. Throughout the Competition, Teams will have reasonable access to Sponsor instructors for questions, guidance, and clarification regarding the the system itself, all challenges team based and indeviduals are pre-registration and subject to Sponsor's discretion and availability.

The Competition consists of multiple rounds. Sponsor reserves the right to designate additional rounds or modify existing rounds during the Competition at its sole discretion.

Team Competition Format: The team competition comprises two (2) advanced live fire investigations conducted through the Cyberbit Cloud platform. Teams shall submit their results through the Cyberbit Cloud platform (such submissions, the "Team Submissions"). The team competition will culminate in the selection of one (1) winning team as the champion of the Operation 33 competition.

Individual Competition Format: Individual competitions consist of Cyberbit Quest units conducted through the Cyberbit Cloud platform. Individual winners will be determined based on the first participant to successfully complete both challenges within each round. Each individual round contains two (2) cyber quest challenges organized around a coherent theme, with progressive difficulty levels categorized as: (i) beginner; (ii) intermediate; and (iii) advanced.

Progressive Difficulty: Each round is designed to provide increasingly complex challenges requiring progressively advanced skills and expertise:

• Threat Hunting & Forensics
• IR & Cloud
• IR & Forensics
• Threat Hunting & Cloud Security
• Red & AppSec
  
  

Each Participant must have his/her own computer, a browser, a stable broadband internet connection, and the ability to connect to the Cyberbit Cloud platform. Once Your eligibility to participate in the Competition has been approved, and after the registration dates will end you will receive an official email from the system regarding registrations and the coming on boarding as part of making sure all users are ready for the competition.

By participating in the Competition, You agree not to publicly disclose, post, or otherwise publish any information about the Competition, or any of the data provided by the Sponsor, in part or in full – whether literally and/or its equivalent, in any media, including, but not limited to any periodical, newspaper, magazine, journal, website and/or social media platform, without the prior written consent of the Sponsor, which reserves the exclusive right to make such decision. You also agree not to record or take screen shots of the Cyberbit Cloud platform for any use whatsoever, including without limitation personal use.

Judging Criteria

Teams will be judged based on the following criteria. Such criteria are subject to change in the discretion of the Judges in each round of the Competition.

1. The number of points scored during the Competition by the Teams using Cyberbit’s automatic cyber leaderboard system.
2. The time elapsed from the start of each Challenge until the end of the time frame (day 1- session 1(11:00-15:00) – session 2 (16:00-20:00), day 2 finals 11:00 -15:00)
3. The number of points scored during the Competition by the individuals using Cyberbit’s automatic cyber assessment system(average amount solved questions), Participants will participate base on first 3 to solve all wins by time if no individual is eligible to be the first to solve the winners will be announced

Prizes

Except for the Prizes to Government employees or representatives as described below, the finalist Teams will receive prizes dependent on each finalist’s ranking by the Judges subject to the criteria above. The prizes are final and non-transferable by the winner. There is no cash alternative to the prizes. If You accept a prize, You will be solely responsible for all applicable taxes (if any) related to such prize. The success of the Teams is based purely on skill and not on chance. No transfer or substitution of prizes, except at the sole discretion of Sponsor. The award of a prize to the winning Teams should not be analyzed as an incentive to enter into a business relationship in one way or another with the Sponsor.

Prizes to Government employees or representatives

Government employees or representatives shall not be entitled to receive a single prize which value exceeds USD 20, or several prizes with a cumulative value which exceeds USD 50 during a calendar year (“Prizes for Governmental Representatives”), and therefore will be eligible to prizes which are different than those published for the other participants. For the avoidance of doubt, government officials shall be entitled only to one prize.

For this purpose, Government employees or representatives include without imitation any person holding a position with one or more of the following: military, faculty members of governmental owned or publicly-funded academic institutions, Government owned or controlled organizations and other public bodies, Governmental ministries or government agencies, political parties and any other person who performs public duties or functions for a state.

Participants which are otherwise barred from receiving prizes in the Competition or limited to receiving prizes of a lower value due to applicable rules, regulations, and/or policies will advise Cyberbit in writing of such limitation and shall either waive their rights to the award of such prizes, or receive the Government Official Prizes. Sponsor reserves the right to substitute any prize for a similar prize of equal or greater value.   Winners will be notified by email not more than seven (7) days following the closing date of the Competition. Reasonable efforts will be made to contact the winning Teams for up to seven (7) days. In the case of no response from a winning Team upon expiration of that period, Sponsor reserves the right to disqualify that Team and the respective Participants and offer the prize to the next eligible Team. Prizes will be sent to the Winners within 45 days from announcement of the winners.

The prizes include:

First Place: Winner's shirt, first place medal, Challenge coin, special patch, and digital certificate of completion) for each team member.
Approximate Retail Value (“ARV”) of each first-place prize: up to 20$

Second Place: (Winner's shirt, Second place Special medal special patch, and digital certificate of completion ) for each member of the Team.

ARV of each Second Place Prize: up to 20$.

Third Place: (Winner's shirt, Third place Special medal special patch, and digital certificate of completion (for each member of the Team.

ARV of each Third Place Prize: up to 20$.

Fourth Place: (Winner's shirt, Challenge coin and digital certificate of completion) for each member of the Team.

ARV of each Fourth Place Prize: up to 20$.

Qualifiers: All Teams that pass the Qualifiers stage will receive Competition branded shirts (one for each member of the Team).

ARV of each Jersey: $1.

Individuals
First Place: Winner's shirt, first place medal, Challenge coin, special patch, and digital certificate of completion) for each team member.
Approximate Retail Value (“ARV”) of each first-place prize: 20$.

Second Place: (Winner's shirt, Second place Special medal special patch, and digital certificate of completion) for each member of the Team.

ARV of each Second Place Prize: up to 20$.

Third Place: (Winner's shirt, Third place Special medal special patch, and digital certificate of completion(for each member of the Team.

ARV of each Third Place Prize: up to 20$.

Total ARV

The total approximate retail value of all prizes may only be determined once registration has been completed based upon the number of Participants and Teams participating in the Competition. The ARV of each prize does not include any VAT, GST or other tax nor does it include the price of shipment.

Code of Conduct at the Competition

Cyberbit is an organization built on integrity and strong moral beliefs. Cyberbit is committed to providing a safe and welcoming space, without regard to age, gender, race, ethnicity, nationality, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, mental or physical disability, physical appearance, neuro(a)typicality, religion, level of knowledge, level of experience, parental status, marital status, socioeconomic status or background, political affiliation, or any other attribute. The Participants of this event are expected to act with the utmost respect for their teammates and competitors and should not show any unwelcome or hostile behavior towards another person for any reason.  This includes, but is not limited to, offensive verbal comments related to personal characteristics or choices, sexual images or comments, deliberate intimidation, bullying, stalking, following, harassing photography, or recording, sustained disruption of discussion or events, nonconsensual publication of private comments, inappropriate physical contact, or unwelcome sexual attention. Conduct need not be intentional to be harassment. 

Participants undertake not to act in a deceptive or dishonest way at all times during the Competition.

When Participants are allocated assignments which they should conclude by themselves, they undertake not to receive assistance in any way or manner from anyone else.

Participants from one Team are required not to discuss the Competition with another Team, exchange or provide information regarding the Competition or to cooperate with them in any way with respect to the Competition.

Participants in individual competitions are prohibited from: (a) discussing the Competition with any other person; (b) exchanging or providing any information relating to the Competition to third parties; or (c) cooperating or collaborating with any other participant or third party in connection with the Competition.

Participants in individual competitions may register for a maximum of two (2) rounds per day, with a total limit of four (4) rounds over the two-day Competition period. All registrations must be completed in advance of the Competition commencement date.

Participants may check in after the scheduled start time, provided such late arrival does not exceed: (i) fifteen (15) minutes for individual competition rounds; or (ii) thirty (30) minutes for team competition rounds.

Violation of this Code of Conduct shall be grounds for disqualification of the entire Team of an offending Participant or individual from the competition.

Intellectual Property Rights

Each Team and its Participants, and/or any individual, warrant and represent that its approaches, methodologies, and Submissions are original and are not copied from any other source. Sponsor shall own all right, title and interest to the Submissions (including all content and all rights embodied therein) and it may exploit, edit, modify, and distribute the Submissions, without limitation, and without compensation, further permission, or notification. By registering for the Competition, You hereby assign, and agree to assign automatically as they arise to Sponsor, any existing and future rights, including any intellectual property rights in any and all Submissions, and to waive any moral rights You may have in any and all Submissions.

General Conditions

All federal, state, and local laws and regulations apply. Sponsor reserves the right to disqualify any Participant from the Competition if, in Sponsor’s sole discretion, it reasonably believes that the Participant has attempted to undermine the legitimate operation of the Competition by cheating, deception, or other unfair playing practices or annoys, abuses, threatens or harasses any other Participants, Sponsor, or the Judges.

Warranty and Indemnity

Each of the Participants warrants that all Submissions submitted in connection with the Competition are its own original work and, as such, Participant is the sole and exclusive owner and rights holder of the submitted materials and that Participant has the right to submit the materials in the Competition and grant all required licenses.

Each Participant agrees not to submit any materials that (1) infringe any third party proprietary rights, intellectual property rights, industrial property rights, personal or moral rights or any other rights, including without limitation, copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret, privacy, publicity or confidentiality obligations; or (2) otherwise violates the applicable state, federal, local or provincial law.

By participating in the Competition, Participants agree to release and hold harmless the Sponsor, and each of its respective parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, advertising and promotion agencies, other companies associated with the Competition, and each of their respective officers, directors, employees, shareholders, representatives, and agents (the “Released Parties”) from and against any claim or cause of action arising out of participation in the Competition or receipt or use of any prize (including any travel or activity related thereto), including, but not limited to: (a) any technical errors associated with the Competition, including lost, interrupted or unavailable Internet Service Provider (ISP), network, server, wireless service provider, or other connections, availability or accessibility or miscommunications or failed computer, satellite, telephone, cellular tower or cable transmissions, lines, or technical failure or jumbled, scrambled, delayed, or misdirected transmissions or computer hardware or software malfunctions, failures or difficulties; (b) unauthorized human intervention in the Competition; (c) mechanical, network, electronic, computer, human, printing or typographical errors; (d) application downloads, or (e) any other errors or problems in connection with the Competition, including, without limitation, errors that may occur in the administration of the Competition, the announcement of the winner, the cancellation or postponement of the event, the incorrect downloading of the application, the processing of entries application downloads or in any Competition-related materials; or to the extent applicable law (f) injury, death, losses or damages of any kind, to persons or property which may be caused, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, from Participants participation in the Competition or acceptance, receipt or misuse of the prize (including any travel or activity related thereto).

Participant further agrees that in any cause of action, the Released Parties’ liability will be limited to the cost of entering and participating in the Competition, and in no event shall the Participant be entitled to receive attorney’s fees. Released Parties are not responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by site users, tampering, hacking, or by any equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Competition. Entrant waives the right to claim any damages whatsoever, including, but not limited to, punitive, consequential, direct, or indirect damages. To the extent applicable law, the foregoing shall not apply to damages resulting from injury to life, limb or health, for damages based on intentional conduct or gross negligence on the part of the Sponsor.

Elimination

Any false information provided within the context of the Competition by any Participant concerning identity, qualifications, mailing address, telephone number, email address, ownership of right or non-compliance with these Rules or the like may result in the immediate elimination of the Participant from the Competition in the Sponsor’s sole discretion.

Internet

The Sponsor is not responsible for any lost, damaged, misdirected, incomplete, illegible, undeliverable, or destroyed Submissions or entry materials due to system errors, failed, incomplete or garbled computer or other telecommunication transmission malfunctions, hardware or software failures of any kind, lost or unavailable network connections, typographical or system/human errors and failures, technical malfunction(s) of any telephone network or lines, cable connections, satellite transmissions, servers or providers, or computer equipment, traffic congestion on the Internet, or any combination thereof, including other telecommunication, cable, digital or satellite malfunctions which may limit an Participant’s ability to participate.

Right to Cancel, Modify, or Disqualify

If for any reason the Competition is not capable of running as planned, including infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, issues related to the Covid-19 pandemic, or any other causes which corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity, or proper conduct of the Competition, Sponsor reserves the right at its sole discretion to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the Competition. Sponsor further reserves the right to disqualify any Participant who tampers with the Submission process or any other part of the Competition. Any attempt by a Participant to deliberately damage the Cyberbit Cloud, any web site, or undermine the legitimate operation of the Competition is a violation of criminal and civil laws and should such an attempt be made, Sponsor reserves the right to seek damages from any such Participant to the fullest extent of the applicable law. Sponsor may change, modify, or amend these Rules at any time and from time to time in its sole and exclusive discretion.

Not an Offer or Contract of Employment

Under no circumstances shall the participation in the Competition, the awarding of a prize, or anything in these Rules be construed as an offer or contract of employment and/or an independent contractor relationship with either Sponsor. You acknowledge that You have sought to participate in the Competition voluntarily and not in confidence or in trust. You acknowledge that no confidential, fiduciary, agency or other relationship or implied-in-fact contract now exists between You and Sponsor and that no such relationship is established by Your participation in the Competition under these Rules.

Arbitration

Except where prohibited by law, as a condition of participating in the Competition , Participant agrees that at the sole and exclusive discretion of Sponsor that (1) any and all disputes and causes of action arising out of or connected with this Competition, or any prizes awarded, shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action, and exclusively by final and binding arbitration under the rules of the American Arbitration Association and held in New York City, New York and judgment upon such arbitration award may be entered in any court having jurisdiction. Under no circumstances will Participant be permitted to obtain awards for, and Participant hereby waives all rights to claim, punitive, incidental or consequential damages, or any other damages, including attorneys’ fees, other than Participant’s actual out-of-pocket expenses (i.e., costs associated with participating in this Competition).

Choice of Law

All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Rules, or the rights and obligations of Participant and Sponsor in connection with the Competition, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the substantive laws of the State of New York, USA.

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Rules Last Updated on July 17, 2025.