📚Planning Your Event

You can plan a competition in just a few steps

Step 1: Pick a Date and Time

KC7 Cyber Competitions are meant to be fun and interactive. Since many participants are learning cybersecurity concepts for the first time, it’s important to give plenty of time for learners to immerse themselves in the content and have fun. We recommend 4-6 hours for the best experience, whether it’s hosted online or in-person.

Step 2: Estimate Your Audience Size

There is no maximum recommended size for a KC7 Cyber Competition, but it’s important to get an estimate of the number of attendees so you can plan accordingly. We suggest sending out a survey to help gauge interest or creating a registration form.

Step 3: Read this guide

Everything you need to know is on this page.

Step 4: Recruit Volunteers

You don’t need to be a cybersecurity expert to host a KC7 Cyber Competition. This guide will share everything you need to facilitate a KC7 Cyber Competition. Depending on the number of expected participants, you might need to recruit some volunteers.

If you’re expecting 1-30 participants, we recommend at least 2 volunteers. For events with more than 30 participants, we recommend recruiting 1 additional volunteer for every 30 added participants.

Step 5: Select Prizes

Participants will be competing against each other in teams to win the competition! Having prizes ready for your event can be a great way to motivate participants to stay engaged and push through to the end.

Step 6: Choose a Format

KC7 Cyber Competitions can be successfully hosted online or in-person. You should decide early which event format works best for you, since that will impact many other aspects of the planning process.