Professional Achievement Program
The Fox MIS Professional Achievement Program
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Tax Scams and Social Engineering
February 19 @ 8:00 am - 12:00 pm
Temple University’s Cybersecurity in Application, Research & Education (CARE) Lab is challenging full-time high school and college students (aged 14+) to gain first-hand cyberattack and cybersecurity experience by participating in a creative and unique social engineering event!
**NO TECHNICAL EXPERIENCE IS REQUIRED. Students from all disciplinary backgrounds are welcomed!**
The CARE Lab has been brought in to help with the skyrocketing numbers of scams hitting Americans, which oftentimes result in more specific tax scams. Your team will serve as a CARE Lab representative and engage with both victims and scammers as you work through real-time simulated scams.
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COMPETITION DATES (ALL VIRTUAL)
Orientation: Saturday, March 23, 2024, time TBD
Live event: Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays, from 9am to 4pm ET.
Graduate: April 5, 6, 7 | Undergraduate: April 19, 20, 21 | High school: May 3, 4, 5
Closing ceremonies: Wednesday, May 8, time TBD
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| TEAM SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS | PARTICIPATION REQUIREMENTS |
| 1. Team Name | 1. Parental permission (if under age 18) |
| 2. Institution Name | 2. Code of conduct waiver (agree not to cheat) |
| 3. Team details: number of members, full names, email addresses, profile photos, short bios | 3. Media consent waiver (generated audio/visual content can be shared publicly) |
| 4. Faculty advisor details: full name, email address | 4. Pre- and post-event survey |
| 5. 30 second PSA video on either identity theft or scams. |
Application page is NOW open! Register your team by Monday, February 19th, 2024, at 12pm ET