Inspiration
Our inspiration for this project was to inform people about the cybersecurity issues that are prevalent in today's society. We were inspired by the many attacks that happen on large companies data.
What it does
It protects the user by offering a password enhancer and also showcases a database of websites that have been recently hacked or have had a breach of security.
How we built it
We sat down around noon to see how we could make it. Using the knowledge we gained at the workshops this morning we were able to put together a plan. Firstly we used a website called codepen.io. We had used this website in the workshop and utilized it to create a website. Along with that, we collaborated with mentors to create the python algorithm that encrypts the password
Challenges we ran into
To start off, it was difficult to create something original and useful. There are so many ideas out there, finding something different was truly challenging. Second, we had a limited time, so it was a time crunch towards the end of the project.
Accomplishments that we're proud of
As a group of beginners, all of us grew into our roles. We were able to gel as a team and ultimately led to the creation of something great. We also made good use of our strict time constraints and we came up with a good idea overall.
What we learned
Through this Hackathon, the developers of Cyber Secure Passwords (CSP) have made great strides in their coding abilities. Each developer started as someone with bare-bones knowledge about coding - we knew that code was what drove computers but we didn’t know how. After this experience, the developers of CSP have learned more about HTML5, Python 3 and CSS than we could’ve ever hoped to, but we still have more to go.
