Cyber Boot Camp

Cyber Boot Camp is a week long cyber security training camp for S&T ACM students at Los Alamos and Sandia National Labs.

General Notes

  • CBC MUST be handled by more than one person, at a minimum two people from CBC committee need to be CC’ed on EVERY email chain that is sent to hotels/Enterprise/CS Department/National Labs/etc.

    • Have the head of the CBC committee as the primary contact

  • Use the application process

  • Make sure everyone has a medium for communication at all times.

  • Be sure to get all instructions to the group as early as possible, or within a week of the event. CBC is a week-long, with one lab for the first two days, a break day, followed by the other lab on the following two days.

  • For liability reasons, attendees must be 18 or older.

Contacts for Hotels/Cars

Specifics for this contacts list can be found here:

  • Hyatt Albuquerque Uptown

    • This is the hotel for Sandia portion of the trip
    • Address: 6901 Arvada Ave NE, Albuquerque, NM 87110
    • Phone: (505) 872-9000

  • Buffalo Thunder Casino

    • Address: 20 Buffalo Thunder Trail, Santa Fe, NM 87506
    • Phone: (505) 455-5555

  • Holiday Inn Express

    • Address: 60 Entrada Dr, Los Alamos, NM 87544
    • Phone: (505) 661-2646

  • Cars

    • When cars are returned, you don’t need to fill up the tank.

General Tips

  • Keep Chris and Will in the loop at all times
  • Make a security deposit for all attendees
  • Host a CBC Overview meeting (the presentation: https://bit.ly/2WmTB7s)
  • See other documentation for how to budget for CBC
  • Send hotel documentation the day of to each person whose name appears on the confirmation
  • $22 tolls ($11 each way)
  • Potential activities and week schedule in Welcome to CBC packet

Schedule

July

  • Send Sponsorship ASAP (see list of potential sponsors, and come up with your own!)
  • Think about marketing (Target Market: people interested in security, not necessarily in SIG-Sec. People from Taylor’s class, CpE Security Classes, and IST Security Classes).

August

  • Budget (see documentation from last year’s CBC, go to the page for CBC)

  • Talk to the CS department for $$$ and keep them in the loop for pertinent information

  • CBC Committee should be finalized

  • Introduce the head of CBC committee to Chris and Will

  • Email Chris and Will the names of all CBC committee members

  • Ask what Chris and Will want in regards to the timeline of deliverables (Topics, Headcount, etc.)

    • Ask for specific deadlines, if they have them

  • Come up with lots of ideas for topics and activities

  • Begin creating a rough structure of planned events (See Welcome to CBC packet)

  • Review and Adjust the “Welcome to CBC Packet”

  • Start deciding on an actual non-refundable amount for the deposit based on budget (~50%), which “due” two weeks before Thanksgiving

  • Setup the meeting time for the CBC overview meeting:

    • There is a presentation example here: (https://bit.ly/2WmTB7s)
    • This meeting is an explaination of what CBC is and what events will take place over that week. The Welcome to CBC packet (linked below) should be distributed - (https://bit.ly/2VQdxei)

September

  • Host the CBC overview meeting

    • The CBC overview meeting is to show students what events, activities, and lectures to expect during CBC.
    • There is an example CBC Presentation in the drive. (https://bit.ly/2WmTB7s)
    • Start Application Process: collect resumes, interest form, etc
    • Revise/Print the Welcome to CBC Packet (https://bit.ly/2VQdxei)

October

  • Keep going!

November

  • First Week:

    • Deposits due (50%)
    • List of potential topics via committee
    • Send topic lists to the national labs, and ensure there is no overlap in topics between labs

  • Send a final headcount to labs

  • Car Survey link (https://forms.gle/BF7DTCkfw7SAShki8)

  • Rooming Survey link (https://forms.gle/rZEcxZ57am7D5cqZ8)

  • Make google group mailing list for the final group and potentially a discord.

December

  • Create a SIG-Sec meeting to set up any required software/VMs before the trip!
  • Make sure everyone knows what is going to happen on the trip as well as a timeline of the trip and what to pack/bring (Welcome to CBC: https://bit.ly/2VQdxei)
  • Maps, addresses, Points of interest, etc… (Welcome to CBC: https://bit.ly/2VQdxei)
  • Estimate expected personal cost beyond cost of event
  • Get rental car(s) through the department
  • Finalize room grouping recommendations and car arrangements

Week of

  • Pick up car rental (Day before)

  • Call campus police on a weekday as they are NOT open on weekends. Ask where they would like us to leave our cars over the next week. Campus police will likely ask for license plate numbers, have them ready.

  • Inform people they can only stay in the dorms if they work it out with the university. It will probably cost extra so they will either need to meet everyone down in Rolla or find an alternative place to stay.

  • Host a driver’s meeting the night before you leave, and be sure each car has a representative present.

    • Discuss communication platforms, who’s going to be leaving from where, get contact information for each car, discuss the route, and logistics for tomorrow.

  • Write down where everyone is coming from the night before

  • Get hotel confirmations and print them out. They should be handed out the next morning.

Day of

  • Make sure car rental is at the “meeting place”
  • Double check the head of the event committee has one form of communication to everyone before they leave.
  • Hand out the hotel confirmations you printed the night before
  • Ensure each car has $11 in change for tolls
  • Have each car “check-in” at mile markers every hour or so
  • Determine a place for dinner in Amarillo (See CBC Packet: https://bit.ly/2VQdxei) so that everyone can meet up. Lunch should be determined individually by each car.

First Evening

  • Make sure everyone has made it to the proper hotel. (See Welcome to CBC Packet: https://bit.ly/2VQdxei)
  • Review Rooming Suggestions, and settle in
  • Rundown of the first day (say be ready to leave by specified time)
  • Tomorrow’s lunch should be determined individually by each car.
  • Chill out and sleep

Second Evening

  • Arrive at Sandia no later than 8:30 for badges
  • Arrive at 1611 Innovation Pkwy SE, Albuquerque, NM 87123 no later than 8:30 for badges
  • Invite everyone to a restaurant for dinner and then let individuals go where they want
  • Chill and Sleep

Third Evening

  • Trampoline park or Rock Climbing or something fun:

  • Chill at the hotel

  • Invite everyone to a restaurant for dinner and then let individuals go where they want

Day Four

  • Freetime in the morning

  • Check out of the hotel by noon, meet in the lobby at 11:45 am.

  • Head to the mountain…or something (See CBC Packet: https://bit.ly/2VQdxei)

  • Go to the new hotel (Buffalo Thunder or Holiday Inn)

    • There is a pool at both hotels

Day Five

  • Potentially MeowWolf (roughly $27) https://meowwolf.com/

  • Everyone on their own for dinner.

  • MeowWolf closes at 8 on Thursday and then 10 on Friday.

    • 21+ can stay until 10 PM (potentially)

Day Six

  • Get packed up to leave
  • Plan a meeting point for everyone leaving in the morning to make sure everyone got checked out
  • Relax for driving the next day

Day Seven

  • Ensure everyone is ready to leave before check out
  • Make sure each car has $11 in change for tolls
  • Have each car check in every couple of hours
  • Give directions to drivers

Future Ideas

  1. Create a better application
  2. Follow this schedule along with the Welcome to CBC Packet (https://bit.ly/2VQdxei).

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