Cyber Defenders Summer 2026
Public Program Dashboard — Week 7 | Started 2026-06-15
Public Program Dashboard — Week 7 | Started 2026-06-15
Sponsor: Caleb Fenton (Delphos Labs)
Build Model Context Protocol tools for malware analysis agents. Integrate tools into agent frameworks, analyze malware samples from basic to advanced scenarios, and benchmark different models and conf…
Charnnel
Paul
Sponsor: Rachel West (AllWomenCount)
Conduct technical security reviews for community organizations, creating prioritized, plain-language recommendations that nonprofit staff can act on and delivering professional assessment reports for …
Amal
Sponsor: Troy Mason (Interlaced)
Support live compliance programs at Interlaced by mapping controls to SOC 2 criteria, remediating policy gaps, collecting audit evidence, and maintaining risk registers and remediation trackers.
Armando Perez
Analyze consumer IoT devices' firmware, network communications, and cloud connections. Document privacy and security risks, and create consumer-focused recommendations and responsible disclosure templ…
Saif
Sponsor: Lib13 Inc
Build deception environments using Beelzebub to collect attacker telemetry, commands, and indicators while maintaining safety guardrails on real AWS infrastructure.
Shikhar Sahay
Sakshee Kumat
Dev Thakkar
Sponsor: Karl Kramer (SF Living Wage Coalition)
Analyze a real WordPress site compromise affecting SF Living Wage Coalition. Reconstruct the attack timeline, validate IOCs, map tactics to MITRE ATT&CK, and deliver a reusable incident response playb…
Andwele Reid
Sponsor: Lib13 Inc
Use LLMs for vulnerability discovery, scanner analysis, and pentesting tool development in controlled environments with documented safety boundaries.
Aung K Min
Ishan
