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
Explore Mission Luna, where teams worldwide took on a fast-paced satellite cybercrime scenario in the Space Grand Challenge’s 2024 competition.
SGC REDUX 2023
See how global teams revisited the Mission Kolluxium platform in a replay event featuring new challenges, refreshed flags and a renewed test of cyber skills.
SGC 2022
Dive into the 2022 competition, where participants from around the world worked to unravel Mission Kolluxium Z-85-0 through a fully gamified satellite cyber scenario.
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
Experience the 2021 CCIC, a fully online event streamed where teams tackled a satellite-constellation hacking challenge through 3D evidence sites and digital forensics.
CCIC 2020
Explore the first online CCIC, where more than 400 students competed in a space-themed satellite hacking challenge built to test technical skill and creativity.
CCIC 2019
See how the 2019 CCIC immersed teams in a biohacking crime scenario centered on compromised medical devices as global healthcare cyber threats continued to rise.
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.