The Space Grand Challenge (SGC) Program is a global virtual game-based cybersecurity competition for middle and high school students built by Cal Poly students. The SGC helps prepare the next generation of the cyber workforce by expanding the pipeline of talent earlier, promoting STEM, and developing cyber/IT skills. SGC accomplishes this through a unique use of gamification and esports to promote STEM, space themes, and cybersecurity skills.
This years competition, SGC LUNA 2024, allows players to work through a series of challenges around a multilayered space-themed cybercrime plot. They follow the mission brief and progress through challenges featuring complex characters, physical and digital evidence chains, and virtual-immersive environments through a real-time 3D UNITY platform.