# Cyber Grand Challenge
**Domain:** Cybersecurity competition / DARPA
**Doc Type:** Developed Wiki Node
**Maturity:** Developed
**Collection:** [[collections/Gamification|Gamification Collection]]
## Definition
The **Cyber Grand Challenge** was a DARPA competition culminating in 2016 in which autonomous systems found, exploited, and repaired software vulnerabilities in real time.
## Significance
It transformed cybersecurity operations into machine-speed tournament play and generated reusable technical capability.
## Sources
- [[articles/gamification/Lex Sportiva and Winning Without Bloodshed|Lex Sportiva and Winning Without Bloodshed]]
- [Primary or institutional source](https://www.darpa.mil/research/programs/cyber-grand-challenge)
## Routes
[[wiki/AI Cyber Challenge|AI Cyber Challenge]] · [[wiki/Capture the Flag|Capture the Flag]] · [[wiki/Bug Bounty|Bug Bounty]] · [[articles/gamification/Lex Sportiva and Winning Without Bloodshed|Lex Sportiva and Winning Without Bloodshed]]