Cybersecurity Hackathon 2024 | Open Source Software Security
Welcome to the official Open CoDE Group for the Cybersecurity Hackathon 2024!
📍 Location: DIGITALHUB.DE, Am Hauptbahnhof 6, 53111 Bonn, Germany
📅 Dates: 08 - 10 November 2024
💰 Prize: €3,000 for the winning team
This hackathon brings together cybersecurity enthusiasts, developers, and experts to tackle some of the most pressing challenges in the field. The event encourages collaboration, innovation, and the development of cutting-edge solutions to enhance cybersecurity practices and technologies.
📝 The Topic for 2024: Open Source Software Security
With 80-90% of modern software consisting of open-source dependencies, ensuring their security has become paramount. This year's theme dives deep into open-source software security:
How can companies and authorities check open-source projects in use for measurable security objectives, support developers in the implementation of protective measures, and recognise a high level of security?
🕒 Event Schedule Overview
Friday, 08 November
• 17:00 - 18:30 Welcome & Problem Presentation
• 18:30 - 19:00 Team formation
• 19:00 - 19:30 Creative Workshop
• 20:30 onwards Coding Begins! 🚀Saturday, 09 November
• 18:00 - 18:30 Pitch WorkshopSunday, 10 November
• 12:00 Coding ends (final upload to Open CoDE)
• 12:00 - 13:00 Start of closing event
• 13:00 - 15:00 Final Pitches
• 15:30 - 16:00 Award Ceremony 🏆
• 16:00 onwards Networking & Afterparty 🎉📚 Resources, Guides & Rules
We’ve compiled some essential guides to get you started:
- OSS in General
- OSS Glossary
- OpenSSF Scorecard
- OpenSSF Best Practices Badge
- OWASP Top 10 OSS
- OpenSSF Projects
- OWASP SAMM
- SLSA
- sap.github.io
- Report on the 2020 FOSS Contributor Survey
- NIST Secure Software Development Framework
Getting Started
Misc: Join the Discord
- Each member of your team: register on Open CoDE
- Request a new project for your team on Open CoDE by asking our staff (team repos)
- Start getting creative!
- Please submit your final result in your team's repository by 12:00 on sunday.
Submission Guidelines
Submissions must be made to the team repository. If you are developing a concept instead of or in addition to code, then please also put your documents in the repository. Please also put your pitch in the repository (preferably as a PDF).
Any submission that is not versioned in the team repository by the deadline (Sunday, 12:00 noon) will not be considered - this also includes your final pitch presentation.
Material is to be provided under Creative Commons (CC BY 4.0) by Attribution. Please also bear this in mind when selecting images, etc. Code is to be provided under an OSI-approved licence.
📢 Code of Conduct
Our hackathon is a collaborative space for all participants, and we’re committed to maintaining an inclusive environment. Please be respectful and follow our Code of Conduct.
🎉 Let the Hacking Begin!
Best of luck to all participants, and may the best solution win! Remember, every idea counts. Let’s innovate, collaborate, and elevate the security standards of open-source software together!
Sponsors & Partners
We would like to extend our heartfelt thanks to our sponsors and partners for making this event possible. Your support is invaluable!
After the event, the sponsors and partners publish a final report here, detailing the event’s funding and confirming that it was organized without any profit-making intentions.
