Hudson’s Bay Company incident response team wins the International Cyber League (ICL) competition
Cyberbit,announced the Hudson’s Bay Company incident response team as winner of the inaugural International Cyber League (ICL) competition, the America’s Cyber Cup, outperforming nearly 100 Security Operations Center (SOC) and incident response teams over the course of four rounds of simulated cyberattack challenges. Hudson’s Bay Company was declared the winner based on quality of performance, and time to response, achieving the title of Best Cyber Defense Team in the Americas.
Led by team captain and Director of Incident Response, Erik Mercado, Hudson’s Bay Company was the only team to achieve a perfect score in each of the four rounds of the ICL: America’s Cyber Cup. Mr. Mercado’s teammates included Incident Response Team Lead, Jorge Lozado, and SOC Analyst, Omer Odabasi. To achieve their newfound title, the team successfully defended a virtual corporate network from three attack scenarios, simulated on the Cyberbit Skills Development Platform. Hudson’s Bay Company was the only team to perform to perfection in every single round, securing a perfect score of 100 in qualifiers (cyber labs), quarterfinals (Coin Miner attack), semifinals (Dragonfly 2017), and finals (WPAD Man in the Middle Fileless Stealth Attack). With each round testing different skills and increasing in difficulty, the perfect performance of Hudson’s Bay Company kept them atop the ICL: America’s Cyber Cup Power Rankings throughout the tournament.