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So I just participated in a regional CCDC (collegiate cyber defense competition). My team didn't come in first, so that means we're not going to nationals. That said, we didn't do that bad either.

Things I learned: Sticky keys exploit can be done without physical access to a machine. The red team managed to take ownership of utilman.exe, rename it and drop in their own all while our machines were on. I think they were able to do this by snagging an account off of our domain controller, but I can't be sure (I'm pretty sure everyone's local administrator account was disabled sweatdrop ). Next year we'll roll out a group policy or something disabling sticky keys and accessibility options on the login screen.
Get ALL of the injects done!
Previous years are no indication of how things are gonna go down this year. The red team last year SUCKED. This year they were so overwhelmingly awesome they were told to tone it down a bit.

Do any of you fine people have any advice on thing like the CCDC? Or any similar kind of competition?

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You could practice online.
http://www.overthewire.org/wargames/

You could read some good books.
http://www.gaiaonline.com/forum/c-t-tech-talk/suggested-reading-technology-and-programming/t.69647195_1/

You could take a class.
http://daeken.com/2013-06-11.1_Breaker_101__An_intensive_online_web_security_course.html

Or you could go to security conferences and practice at CTFs. (Some conferences allow you to participate remotely.)

You could find a local Hackerspace. Some have CTF teams.
http://hackerspaces.org/wiki/

You should learn a programming language (or several).
http://sitwon.github.io/learnproglang/Home.html

Take up locksport.
http://toool.us/

And remember, even though it's a competition and it can be fun to win, winning isn't everything. Take your time, be thorough, and focus on learning as much as possible. Not on being the fastest. When you rush, you'll miss things; and this is a game that is all about the small details. You want your team to be calm but persistent, not frenzied or panicked. Remember, focus on learning as much as you can. If you do that, you'll win even if you don't place first.

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