IRON CHEF
The WOW Iron Chef of Information Security will challenge Web Administrators and Network and Security Specialists to evaluate and fix the
security vulnerabilities present in an Internet DMZ architecture.
The event will occur live during the HostingCon 2006 conference on July 18, 2006 and give the audience a first-hand look at how security professionals
perform their jobs. The competition will be a head-to-head format with each team competing against the clock and the other teams.
Contestants will submit two person teams who will identify and fix security problems in a pre-configured network and server architecture. The event
will be held in the HostingCon 2006 exhibit hall and last a full day with the following stages and schedule:
- 11:00am - Start: Teams gain access to the architecture
- 11:30am - 3:00 pm - Analysis and Fix: Teams assess the architecture, identify security problems, and fix security problems
- 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm - Presentation: Each team will present the security problems they found and how they corrected the problem
- 4:30 pm - 5:00 pm - Judgment: A panel of judges will analyze the results using agreed upon criterion and determine a winner
- 5:00 pm - Winner announced
The teams will have no knowledge of the exact architecture used prior to the contest. The DMZ architecture will have known security vulnerabilities.
Each of the vulnerabilities will be assigned a point value based on the degree of difficulty. Teams will register vulnerabilities as they find them
with the judges, and a running point total will be displayed showing each teams progress. A bonus will be awarded to the team that finds each unique
vulnerability first. However, technical points alone will not determine a winner. Participants will be required to demonstrate their findings and their
communications skills in front of an audience consisting of a panel of esteemed judges hand selected by WOW, the press and an audience of conference
and exhibit attendees.
Please see the WOW Iron Chef site for more information.
For information on becoming a contestant, participating judge or event sponsor, please contact:
Bill Cullifer
Executive Director
World Organization of Webmasters
bill@joinwow.org
+1 916 989-2933
