News
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Over 190+ teams have registered
12-22-2009
Within the first week of the 2010 Challenge, over 190+ teams have registered for the 2010 Challenge! Approval emails and download logins will be going out within the next business day as we catch up from this "cyber rush" of registrations.
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Updates to the 2010 Challenge Rules v1.1
12-21-2009
After lessons learned and feedback received from the 2009 Challenge, we have adjusted the rules for the 2010 Challenge to cover several new conditions and clarifications affecting registration, intellectual property, and data used for promotion of the DC3 Challenge. Please make sure to read up and contact us if you have any questions or concerns.
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Under 18? Permission to Participate Form required!
12-21-2009
Due to legal requirements, one new item this year to the rules is the requirement for all persons under the age of 18 to have a completed Permission to Participate Form, reguardless of country, to be provided as part of their team's registration. Parents/guardians will be required to be complete these forms and either fax or email back us.
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Registration opens for the 2010 Challenge
12-15-2009
As a new first, the 2010 Challenge has now opened registration to December 15th, 2009 instead of our typical March start date for the contest. This provides all contestants a 3+ month head start for our submissions date on November 2nd, 2010.
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New level of challenges for 2010
12-15-2009
Working in the Digital Forensic fields daily, DC3 has added to its 2010 Challenge a new level category: Level 500. This level of difficulty was added to meet the needs of the community for tools and techniques to resolve common digital forensic challenges we face in the field.
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DC3 2010 Challenge adds a new partner
12-15-2009
New for the 2010 Challenge, DC3 has partnered with the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School for the development of digital forensic challenges for high schools and colleges. More information about the the Carey Business School can be found on our Challenge partner page.
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Challenge featured in Armed with Science podcast
12-10-2009
In episode #47, Jim Christy, director of Future Exploration for Defense Department Cyber Crime Center (DC3). Christy discussed why he created the DC3 Digital Forensics Challenge over 4 years ago and the future plans for the additional challenges. A must "read" for anybody in the Digital Forensics community!
"The Department of Defense Cyber Crime Center Challenge is a call to the digital forensics
community to pioneer new investigative tools, techniques and methodologies. We thank you for your time and
contributions to the community."
Mr. Steven D. Shirley, SES
Executive Director, DC3
Important Dates
- 2009-12-15: Registration Opens
- 2010-11-01: Registration Closes
- 2010-11-02: Solutions Due
- 2010-12-01: Winners Announced
The DC3 Digital Forensics Challenge is a
proud sponsor of the U.S. Cyber Challenge