The Mini Challenge giveaway has now closed. Thank you to everyone who participated and submitted an entry. Winners will be notified via email by Friday, 20 March 2026, 2359 hrs.
Ready for the next challenge? Gear up for the DEF CON Qualifiers and register here.
DEF CON Tickets Give Away
Complete the challenge and fill in the form to claim your badge.
Criteria:
Terms & Conditions
Winner Notification: Winners will be contacted after the challenge closes via the email address and mobile number provided in the giveaway form.
Response Timeline: Winners must respond within 3 days of notification. Failure to respond within this timeframe will result in forfeiture of the prize. CSIT reserves the right to award the ticket to the next selected participant.
Verification: CSIT reserves the right to verify the validity of entries and disqualify any participant found to have submitted incomplete, fraudulent, or non-compliant entries.
No Resale or Transfer of Tickets: Any attempt by ticket winner(s) to sell, resell, transfer, or advertise tickets for sale on any secondary market, including online resale platforms will face immediate disqualification and cancellation of the tickets.
The CSIT Mini Challenge aims to create awareness of the various tech focus areas of CSIT.
Participants of all nationalities are welcomed to try. Challenge yourself and earn a digital badge! You can feature your digital badge on social media platforms and tag us @csitsg.
Feb - Reverse Engineering
Participants were required to leverage their understanding of networking protocols and reverse engineering.
Aug - Software Engineering and Cybersecurity
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In this 4-part challenge, participants drew on both software engineering and cybersecurity skills such as CI/CD basics, steganography, cookie inspection, JWT decoding and API calling.
Dec - Configuring Systems and Deploying Applications
In this 3-part CSIT Mini Challenge, participants used IaC, automation, and orchestration skills to sort through Santa's naughty and nice lists and fixed the reindeer navigation system.
Feb - Reverse Engineering
Participants were required to leverage their understanding of networking protocols and reverse engineering.
Aug - Software Engineering and Cybersecurity
In this 4-part challenge, participants drew on both software engineering and cybersecurity skills such as CI/CD basics, steganography, cookie inspection, JWT decoding and API calling.
Dec - Configuring Systems and Deploying Applications
In this 3-part CSIT Mini Challenge, participants used IaC, automation, and orchestration skills to sort through Santa's naughty and nice lists and fixed the reindeer navigation system.
