Cyber-Defence Campus Domotics Hackathon 27.04.2026-01.05.2026 We’re excited to announce that the registration for the CYD Campus Building Automation Control Systems Hackathon 2026 is open! Place: Cyber-Defence Campus, Feuerwerkerstrasse 39, 3603 Thun, Switzerland Event Date: 27.04.2026 – 01.05.2026 Building Automation Systems (BAS) are quite common and widespread across today‘s buildings. As with all legacy technologies, their initial security level was quite low. Fortunately, the industry stepped up and started to improve product security through adoption of secure development practices and standards i.e., ISA/IEC 62443 and new protocols like BACnet/SC. Alongside actual product security, additional security measures that are standard in corporate IT environments, e.g., network detection and response (NDR), are also getting more attention. As these products, protocols, and additional security measures are yet to be widely deployed in the field, very few public security research has been done on these. To help close this gap and provide an opportunity for stakeholders, researchers, and students to keep up with these developments, the CYD Campus is planning a one-week hackathon in April 2026. The CYD Campus will provide several fully configured testbenches featuring real building HVAC (Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning) systems from different vendors as well as several standalone gateways and devices for extensive testing during this week. The hackathon will cover the following topics: Open vulnerability research (27.04-01.05) Participants may analyze devices, protocols and software for vulnerabilities, test and develop new attack strategies and tools, or develop strategies to evade detection by security controls. Securing Building Automation Control Systems (27.04-01.05) Participants may run tests to improve their understanding of practical/operational aspects of technologies such as BACnet/SC (e.g., certificate handling or hybrid setups), test or build mechanisms and tools to detect attacks on the network or the devices themselves, or look at hardening measures and other preventive controls from different manufacturers. Introduction to BACS (27.04) On the very first day of the Hackathon, we will provide participants with no prior knowledge of BACS and their functioning with the required knowledge to then participate in the two active tracks of the Hackathon. Contact: cybertraining@armasuisse.ch
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