Securing AI
PwC Indonesia is hosting the first edition of Hack A Day challenge - a regional cybersecurity competition that test your abilities and skills as you navigate complex real-world questions, in collaboration with The 7th annual Hack A Day, hosted by PwC Hong Kong.
This year's theme, "Securing AI," highlights the importance of understanding the potential security risks and vulnerabilities associated with artificial intelligence.
The competition has two tracks; Hackathon and Capture the Flag Competition for university students not only from Indonesia but also from Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Vietnam, Malaysia and Thailand. These exciting competitions offer university students a unique opportunity to engage with AI models and tools, showcase their cybersecurity skills, and compete against talented peers.
Why you should join
PwC Indonesia is committed to raising cybersecurity awareness among young people. As part of our commitment, we present the Hackathon and Capture the Flag Competition, providing valuable platforms to enhance the skills of future talent and equip them for a rewarding career in cybersecurity.
Seize the opportunity to learn to hack and hack to learn, and co-secure while becoming an integral part of the thriving cyber ecosystem. Don't miss your chance to join us and be part of this exciting journey of knowledge and collaboration.
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Hackathon
Hackathon targets talented future engineers and technicians who wish to challenge their knowledge of building an interactive application powered by artificial intelligence (AI) / machine learning (ML) with cybersecurity consideration built-in. Programming experience is preferred.
When
- Week of 11 September 2023 - 3 October 2023:
Nomination, team formation and application - 6 October 2023:
Online briefing - 10 October 2023 - 24 October 2023:
Hackathon platform opens - 2 November 2023:
Presentation for finalists - 7 November 2023:
Prize presentation for winners on Hack A Day at sky100 Hong Kong Observation Deck
Participants
Minimum of 5th semester students in a Bachelor’s degree program can apply
To succeed in this program, a deep understanding of web development and/or programming is needed
Judging panel
- PwC Hong Kong Cybersecurity and Cloud team
- Representatives from AWS and Microsoft Azure
Rules
Team format - Full-time undergraduate university students in your region.
Each university can register 2 teams and each team must consist of three to four members.
The competition will test the skills and knowledge of teams on developing a real world web application and the integration with cloud (AWS or Microsoft Azure).
Teams are not allowed to make any changes to the final product after the deadline. Team that violated this rule will be disqualified.
Teams are not permitted to collaborate.
Each region will have one selected team that will go through a presentation (around 30 minutes) to demonstrate their final product via Zoom to the judging panel from PwC Hong Kong and the representative from AWS and Microsoft Azure on 2 November 2023.
Scoring
Area |
Ratio |
Creativity/Innovation in the idea |
20% |
Frontend: UI/UX |
20% |
Backend: Scalability (How reusable is the code) |
10% |
Backend: Reliability (Bug-free) |
20% |
Documentation |
10% |
Online technical walkthrough (Top team from each region) |
20% |
Total |
100% |
Security consideration (Bonus) |
30% |
Prizes
- Experience of participating in an Asia Pacific-wide Competition
- Opportunities to upskill or reskill in cybersecurity to prepare for a meaningful career
- Selected winners will be offered an internship or full-time opportunities at PwC Indonesia
- Total cash prize of IDR 10.000.000 for the winners of each track
Get prepared
Click here to understand more and to get you prepared for this upcoming competition.
Capture the Flag Competition
Celebrate the 7th year of PwC Hongkong's highly anticipated annual Capture the Flag competition and 1st year of PwC Indonesia's competition. This event is a prime opportunity to attract and recruit top talents.
University student will have opportunity to showcase their skills as they research, identify, and execute strategic attacks to capture as many flags as possible during the competition.
When
- Tuesday, 7 November 2023
- 8:00am - 5.00pm
Where
- PwC Indonesia, Jakarta Office
Participants
- Minimum of 5th-semester students in the Bachelor's degree programme can apply
- PwC Hong Kong Cybersecurity and Privacy Team
Judging panel
- PwC Hong Kong Cybersecurity and Privacy team
Agenda
Time |
Happening |
8.00-8.30am |
Registration |
8.30-9:00am |
Welcome remarks and briefing |
9.00am-3.00pm |
Competition |
3.00-4:00pm |
Results announcement and award presentation |
| 4.00-5.00pm | Networking and closing remarks |
Rules
- Team format – each university can register a maximum of two teams, and each team must consist of a maximum of four members.
- Teams are not permitted to collaborate during the competition.
- The competition will test the skills and knowledge of teams under six hacking categories. Students have to attempt all to score the highest points possible:
- AI - The AI challenge tests the teams' capability to compromise the AI models and algorithms. Through clever tactics and strategic manoeuvres. Success in this challenge will require a deep understanding of the inner workings of AI, combined with a comprehensive knowledge of attack vectors.
- Cloud - The cloud challenge tests the teams' capability to resolve real-life complex questions using cloud resources, including network service discovery, vulnerability assessment and exploitation against common network protocols and infrastructure architecture.
- Red Team & Blue Team - The red team and blue team challenge tests the teams' understanding of the enterprise’s infrastructure and ability to execute the attack path used in real world cyberattacks, as well as some threat hunting techniques.
- Threat Intelligence & Incident Response - The threat intelligence and incident response challenge tests the teams’ ability to respond to threat and incident on a timely basis.
- Web - The web challenge tests the teams’ ability to analyse and exploit poor configuration and vulnerabilities in different web services and programme logic.
- Binary & Reverse Engineering - The challenge seeks to test the teams’ knowledge on binary analysis and reverse engineering, analytical thought process and the ability to think out of the box.
Scoring
- Two to six challenges per category.
- Difficulty level varies for each challenge, with scores ranging from 50 to 500.
- The winner will be determined by the team attaining the highest score.
- If two teams attain the same score, the team completing the challenge in the shortest time prevails.
Prizes
- Experience of participating in an Asia Pacific-wide Competition
- Opportunities to upskill or reskill in cybersecurity to prepare for a meaningful career
- Selected winners will be offered an internship or full-time opportunities at PwC Indonesia
- Total cash prize of IDR 10.000.000 for the winners of each track
Contact Us
id_recruitment_event@pwc.com
ledwin.elwado@pwc.com
andrew.tirtadjaja@pwc.com
