Every year I look forward to spending a little time around the holidays playing SANS Holiday Hack Challenge. I typically don’t finish all the levels, but I always learn a few things because it forces me into new areas to solve the challenges. This year it seemed like a bunch of the challenges were focused around defense, doing forensics and sifting through logs. I learned a fair amount about Powershell. The funnest challenge for me this year though was centered around physical security.