[Security-Announce] Looking for sponsors for our annual Cybersecurity/IT-Pro Capture the Flag competition (Sept 10th)

[Tweeks]

Hello IT/Security folks!

Our annual, regional RBTC IT-Security Hello IT/Security folks!

Our annual, regional RBTC IT-Security Capture the Flag 
<https://www.rbtc.tech/event/hands-on-security-capture-the-flag-event-2/> 
is on!  It's happening next month, right here in the VT CRC business 
park (on Sept 10th after work) -- however we're still a little short on 
our sponsors. As such, the RBTC and I are looking for interested 
sponsors to partner with on making it happen.  (more info on the actual 
event can be seen in the related email below). This message is mainly 
about looking for event sponsors to help us make it happen.

2022 RBTC/CRC CTF

                               Our annual ITPro-CTF has become a cool, 
"Hollywood-Hacker" event w/mood with electronic music vibe!

For those who don't know me, I volunteer and help oversee the RBTC 
IT-Security Forum 
<https://www.rbtc.tech/calendar/category/rbtc-events/cyber-security/> 
and am the geek behind the curtain of events like this.  For this 
specific event we partner with the VT CRC business park as a part of 
their Game Changer Week collaborative networking weeklong event 
<https://vtcrc.com/event/game-changer-week-2024/>.  See the email 
further down for registering for and attending this event.


_*CTF Sponsoring Opportunity:*_
If you know of an IT/security company or organization who might be 
interested in partnering with us on putting this specific event, here's 
the breakdown of what we're needing to finalize.

Our various sponsor levels are:

    GOLD $1200 - For venue/food/drinks
    Silver $1000 - For CTF prizes
    Bronze $800 - For event t-shirts


All sponsors get logo placement on our event t-shirt..
event sponsor t-shirt

Our gold sponsor additionally gets five minutes of microphone time to 
connect with our audience and well as some other "special perks".
(501(c)3 TIN can be provided if desired.)

If interested in sponsoring, let me know soon as we're almost a month 
out now and need to get our ducks in a row. (people are already signing 
up! 🙂

-- 
T.Weeks
Cyber Range Engineer, VirginiaCyberRange.org
RBTC IT-Security Forum Chair
[...]

This annual Capture the Flag event attracts some of the best 
Sys-Admin/IT/Network-security and Pentesters in our region and stirs up 
much geek excitement in the ROA & NRV areas.  If you haven't been to our 
previous Professional CTF events.. they're pretty cool. They feature 
Hollywood-hacker-style mood lighting, hacker electronica background 
music (kind of tongue-in-cheek), and a web+VM based 3hr, hands on 
hacking CTF, full of challenges that are super popular with our uber 
geek audience.  But thumping hacker tunes and geek games aside, what 
really brings our IT gurus out of their e-caves are the cool CTF 
challenges, sharing, learning, as  well as awesome penttest hardware 
prizes from HAK5, Amazon, flippers, etc.. The fun is further enhanced 
food & drinks (includes beer, drinks, and sometimes special  "distilled 
prizes").
montage


If you have not been to one of these events before, they're really 
epic!  Below are some photos of these in person events, that usually 
bring between 20-30 IT-professionals per event:
2019 - https://photos.app.goo.gl/6HhEkpxKcAEXR6tm9 
<https://photos.app.goo.gl/6HhEkpxKcAEXR6tm9>
2022 - https://photos.app.goo.gl/P8zct9oAsJyB8sur9 
<https://photos.app.goo.gl/6HhEkpxKcAEXR6tm9>
2023 - https://photos.app.goo.gl/vv3PkBEYyd2E63YC9 
<https://photos.app.goo.gl/6HhEkpxKcAEXR6tm9>

Register for our fall CTF soon so we can get the right amount of food 
and drinks ordered!
RSVP - 
https://www.rbtc.tech/event/hands-on-security-capture-the-flag-event-2/ 
<https://www.rbtc.tech/event/hands-on-security-capture-the-flag-event-2/>


-- 
T.Weeks
Thomas "Tweeks" Weeks
Director, Technology Futures and Community Advocacy
Division of Information Technology, Virginia Tech
+ Cyber Range Engineer, VirginiaCyberRange.org
(e) t.weeks at vt.edu / tweeks at VirginiaCyberRange.org Capture the Flag is 
on!  It's happening next month, right here in the VT CRC business park 
(on Sept 10th after work) -- however we're still a little short on our 
sponsors. As such, the RBTC and I are looking for interested sponsors to 
partner with on making it happen.  (more info on the actual event can be 
seen in the related email below).
This message is mainly about looking for event sponsors to help us make 
it happen.

Our annual ITPro-CTF has become a cool, "Hollwood-Hacker" event w/mood 
with electronic music vibe!

For those who don't know me, I volunteer and help oversee the RBTC 
IT-Security Forum and am the geek behind the curtain of events like 
this.  For this specific event we partner with the VT CRC business park 
as a part of their Game Changer Week collaborative networking weeklong 
event.  See the email further down for registering for and attending 
this event.


CTF Sponsoring Opportunity:
If you know of an IT/security company or organization who might be 
interested in partnering with us on putting this specific event, here's 
the breakdown of what we're needing to finalize.  Our various sponsor 
levels are:
GOLD $1200 - For venue/food/drinks
Silver $1000 - For CTF prizes
Bronze $800 - For event t-shirts

All sponsors get logo placement on our event t-shirt..


Our gold sponsor additionally gets five minutes of microphone time to 
connect with our audience and well as some other "special perks". 
(501(c)3 TIN can be provided if desired.)

If interested in sponsoring, let me know soon.. as we're almost a month 
out now and need to get our ducks in a row. (people are already signing 
up! 🙂

-- 
T.Weeks
Cyber Range Engineer, VirginiaCyberRange.org
RBTC IT-Security Forum Chair

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