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Grand Cyber Challenge

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The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Cyber Grand Challenge was held on August 4, 2016. For nearly twelve hours, seven teams were scored based on how capably their systems protected hosts, scanned the network for vulnerabilities and maintained the correct function of software. The event recap offers the opportunity to review the completion and learn from it.

Learn more at https://www.darpa.mil/research/programs/cyber-grand-challenge 

Information technology and Cybersecurity and privacy
Released August 4, 2016, Updated March 20, 2025
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