Explore new careers |
Leverage our up-to-date digital learning tools to teach the latest tech skills. Introduce students to career possibilities that exist in the growing cybersecurity field and computer science sector.
Access complimentary educational tools |
Access industry approved supplies, lesson plans and guides that cover everything from coding to computational skills in order to create a well-rounded experiential learning opportunities.
Learn cybersecurity skills |
Establish basic digital literacy, cybersecurity and privacy skills by providing hands-on learning for students and introduce them to experts in the field.
Sign up for CanHack here
(This ensures you can win the prizes!)
Register an account on PicoCTF.
(This is where the game will be played!)
Teachers will assign students to classrooms, In the classroom page, you can view the progress of your students. Pro-tip: Visit our resource guide on how-to
Collect all usernames and teams that your students will be using on the PicoCTF platform and fill out this excel template here.
Upload the excel sheet with the team names and usernames here.
For support with the challenge from industry mentors, you and your students can follow along on the official PicoCTF discord server or send an email to: canhackquestions@gmail.com
Sign up for CanHack here
Tell your teacher about Canhack and have them register as your supervisor here!
Register an account on PicoCTF This must be done for all of your team members!
Have one member from your team inform your teacher or supervisor of your PicoCTF usernames and team name.
If over $16,000+ in prizes wasn’t enough, the DMZ is excited to introduce digital student badges! Digital student badges allow students to share the completion of their training in cyber security from us on their social media channels, resumes and on college/university applications!
These never expiring digital badges are a visual representation of a student’s completion of CanHack workshops and quiz completions with a passing grade. In order to receive a badge, students must:
Best part of all? Badges are endorsed by Carnegie Mellon University's Security and Privacy Research Institute!
In order to participate students must adhere to the following criteria:
There is no fee to participate and students can sign up to compete until March 2021. There is no limit to the number of teams that can represent a single school, and members do not have to attend the same school.
*Students and teams that do not meet these requirements can still participate, but will not be eligible to win contest prizes. Please see competition rules for details.
Tailored for students in all grades from 9 to 12, these introductory workshops will help
students learn about the fundamentals of cybersecurity, including key content on:
Date |
Subject |
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Wednesday, January 13th | Advanced Web Security |
Wednesday, January 20th | Advanced Cryptography |
Wednesday, January 27th | Advanced Computer Forensics |
Wednesday, February 3rd | Jobs in the Cyberspace |
Wednesday, February 10th | Advanced Reverse Engineering |
Tuesday, February 16th | PicoCTF Registration Opens |
Wednesday, February 17th | Advanced Binary Exploitation |
Wednesday, February 24th | Hacking the All-Female Prize: CanHack Cybersecurity Webinar for Girls |
Thursday, March 11th | CanHack Launch Event |
Tuesday, March 16th, - March 30th | Canhack PicoCTF Competition |
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