Technical Papers. To receive a Final Event prize, a team must submit an acceptable technical paper to the HAS4 organizers describing their approach to winning the game, to include a description of the attack strategies and defensive measures employed during the Final Event. Final Event technical papers are due within 3 weeks of the conclusion of the Final Event (see Rules Section 9 for official dates/times). Formal technical write-ups must include enough detail to permit accurate stepwise understanding of the CTF challenge described. Write-ups should follow the format of typical CTF write-ups. As an example of acceptable write-up format please see (xxxxx://xxxxxx.xxx/cromulencellc/hackasat-finals-2022/tree/main/team_writeups). The write- ups should include a background description of the vulnerabilities discovered and a description of the techniques used to exploit and/or patch those vulnerabilities. Associated source code, dependencies and instructions for deploying the code to address these vulnerabilities shall also be provided. The HAS4 organizers will review write-ups and communicate acceptance to each entrant official. By making a submission to this prize contest, all participants (all members of the team) agree that no part of its submission includes any Trade Secret information, ideas, or products. All submissions to this prize contest are deemed non-proprietary. Since the United States Air Force and/or United States Space Force do not wish to receive or hold any submitted materials “in confidence” it is agreed that, with respect to the participant’s submission, no confidential or fiduciary relationship or obligation of secrecy is established between the U.S. Government, HAS4 organizers, and the participant, the participant’s team, or the company or institution the participant represents when submitting, or any other person or entity associated with any part of the participant’s submission. The United States Air Force and Space Force reserve the right to disqualify a participant whose actions are deemed to violate the spirit of the competition for any reason, including but not limited to, the violation of laws or regulations in the course of participation in the Challenge. The United States Air Force and Space Force do not authorize or consent to participants infringing on any U.S. patent or copyright while participating in the Challenge. By signing below, the Entrant Official certifies acceptance of this event participation agreement, agrees to comply with all of t...
Technical Papers. A technical paper describing the participant’s technical approach for competing in the Grand Challenge is required under the Grand Challenge Rules. The Government shall have Government purpose rights in the participant’s technical paper until the conclusion of the Grand Challenge event, at which time the Government shall have unlimited rights in the participant’s technical paper. If the participant has submitted a proprietary attachment to the technical paper, as described in Section 4.3 of the Grand Challenge Rules, the Government shall have limited rights to that attachment. Any, all or none of the data described above, in which the Government has ownership or unlimited rights, may be made available to the public at the conclusion of the Grand Challenge.
