Hac'KP 2026
Hac'KP
📌 About the Event
Hac’KP 2026 is the 7th edition of the prestigious national cybersecurity hackathon organized directly by the Kerala Police Cyberdome the technological research and development hub of the Kerala State Police. Anchored as a critical asset creation pipeline, Hac’KP bypasses conventional, theoretical coding drills. Instead, it functions as a highly rigorous National Cybersecurity Innovation Platform engineered to convert raw technical talent into ready-to-deploy, enterprise-grade digital defense and forensics tools.
The 2026 edition is running concurrently as a core high-impact milestone of c0c0n 2026 (India’s premier International Cyber Security & Hacking Conference).
🎙️ 2026 Core Technical Paradigm
The strict operational focus for this year’s build sprint is:
“Agentic AI for Investigations: From Evidence to Intelligence”
Participants are tasked with building complex, multi-agent AI architectures capable of automated forensic parsing, contextual darknet graph analysis, OSINT data correlation, and real-time digital chain-of-custody intelligence. The goal is to move digital investigations from reactive data indexing into automated, proactive analytical loops.
📅 Critical Timelines & Campaign Horizon
The competition operates on an extended, multi-tiered nationwide operational framework:
- Program Window: June to October 2026 [Active & Ongoing Now]
- Phase 1: National call for target proposals and deep-tech talent filtering.
- Phase 2: Multi-city, regional hackathon sprints hosted across a network of premier academic and corporate engineering complexes.
- Phase 3: Dedicated, mentor-guided product development residency to refine prototypes into functional software builds.
- Phase 4 (Grand Finale): The final physical evaluation matrix hosted live in Kochi, Kerala, directly aligned with the c0c0n 2026 executive summit.
🏢 Venue & CoE Ecosystem Partners
The hackathon leverages an expansive network of physical technology labs across South India for its multi-city regional rounds:
| Structural Ecosystem Role | Vetted Institutional & Corporate Partners |
| Elite Venue Partners | Zoho Corp Chennai • IIT Palakkad • IIITK Kottayam • Alliance University (Bangalore) • Rajagiri School of Engineering and Technology • SCT College of Engineering (Trivandrum) |
| AI, Core Tech & Cloud Support | Neural Craft (AI Lead) • Beagle Security • Bizlin Technologies • Google Developer Group (GDG) Cloud |
| Cyber Community Integration | OWASP Kerala • μLearn • GDG Cloud Trivandrum |
🎓 Target Demographics & Eligibility
The Kerala Police Cyberdome welcomes high-caliber technical profiles across India:
- Software Developers, ML Engineers, and Deep-Tech Architects.
- Cybersecurity Researchers, Penetration Testers, and Digital Forensics Professionals.
- Advanced Engineering Students and Academic Researchers.
📥 Capital Incentives, Payouts & Career Visibility
- 💰 Financial Payout Structure: A combined national cash bounty pool crossing ₹10 Lakhs+.
- 📢 Executive Showcase Staging: Selected winning teams receive a direct invitation to travel, demonstrate, and pitch their finalized software architectures live on stage at the c0c0n 2026 Conference.
- 🏛️ National Security Visibility: Direct project presentation pathways before Senior State Police Chiefs, National Security Leadership units, and Intelligence Directors looking to integrate deployable tools into live law enforcement infrastructure.