SGC HISTORY
The Space Grand Challenge is a competition open to middle and high school students from across the country! Built off of the prior California Cyber Innovation Challenge (CCIC), today’s challenge is built by Cal Poly students.
Both the SGC, and its predecessor, CCIC, proudly work within the educational framework laid out by the National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE). To learn more, click here.
SGC 2024
Middle and high school students from around the globe are invited to join Mission Luna, a gamified satellite cybercrime scenario, as part of the Space Grand Challenge program on April 26-27, 2024.
SGC REDUX 2023
Teams from all over the world compete in a replay event, leveraging Cal Poly's Mission Kolluxium platform with all-new flags.
SGC 2022
Teams from all over the world will compete in a gamified satellite cybercrime scenario to help solve Mission Kolluxium Z-85-0.
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CCIC HISTORY
Each year, Cal Poly students, from both technical and creative disciplines, develop a new cybercrime scenario for the California Cyber Innovation Challenge (CCIC). The scenarios engage youth in modern technical problem sets and prepare them for future education and career pathways in cyber.
CCIC 2021
The 5th annual California Cyber Innovation Challenge was held online and broadcast live on Twitch. Teams completed in a satellite constellation hacking challenge by searching through 3D evidence sites online and analyzing digital evidence.
CCIC 2020
The 4th annual CCIC took place online for the first time in 2020. Over 400 students completed in Space-themed satellite hacking challenge.
CCIC 2019
As attacks on global healthcare continued to rise, the CCIC 2019 scenario was designed based on biohacking crime involving implanted medical devices.
CCIC 2018
In the shadow of the WannaCry ransomware attack, the CCIC 2018 featured a race against the clock after a hospital data breach.
CCIC 2017
The first-ever CCIC on Camp SLO involved hacking into onboard computers in cars to recover and analyze digital evidence.