Opportunity brief
Overview
CyberSec CTF 2.0 is a hands-on, jeopardy-style Capture The Flag (CTF) competition designed to challenge participants across a range of offensive and defensive cybersecurity concepts. Teams will solve a series of challenges, earn points, and compete against each other on a live leaderboard.
Guidelines
- The event is open to engineering students in India.
- Participation is team-based.
- Each team can have 1 to 4 members.
- Inter-college teams are allowed.
- Participants from different engineering branches/specializations may form a team.
- No specific prerequisite skills or software are required.
- Participants must bring their own laptop and charger.
- The competition will be conducted offline at RV University.
- The CTF will be hosted on an online CTF platform, which participants will access from the venue.
- The event will run from 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM on 26 September 2026.
- Registration closes on 20 September 2026.
- Registration fee is ₹150 per team.
- Maximum capacity is 160 participants / 40 teams, on a first-come, first-served basis.
- There are no separate rounds. Participants will compete continuously through the CTF platform during the event.
- A live leaderboard will be available to track team rankings.
Competition Format
The competition follows a Jeopardy-style CTF format.
- Teams will receive access to multiple cybersecurity challenges.
- Challenges may cover different areas of offensive and defensive security.
- Teams solve challenges and submit the corresponding flags through the CTF platform.
- Each successfully solved challenge awards points according to its assigned value.
- Teams can choose which challenges to attempt and manage their time accordingly.
- The leaderboard will update based on the team's accumulated score.
- At the end of the competition, rankings will be determined based on total points and time taken.
- In case of a tie, the team that achieves the required score in the shortest total time will rank higher.
- The competition will strictly follow the published 10:00 AM–5:00 PM schedule. No additional time will be provided.
Rules
- Each team must consist of 1–4 members.
- Participants must maintain fair play and professional conduct throughout the competition.
- Attacking the event infrastructure, including servers, networks, or systems used to conduct the event, is strictly prohibited.
- Sharing flags or solutions with other teams is prohibited.
- Communication or collaboration between different teams is not permitted.
- Unauthorized scripts, bots, brute-force tools, or other prohibited methods must not be used where explicitly restricted by a challenge.
- Participants must not tamper with physical clues, equipment, or disrupt another team's activity.
- Participants may use Google, documentation, AI tools, and other online resources unless a particular challenge explicitly restricts their use.
- Any form of malpractice, cheating, infrastructure abuse, or misconduct may result in immediate disqualification.
- Participants are responsible for bringing and maintaining their own laptops and chargers.
- Technical problems with a participant's own device or setup will not result in additional time.
- Any disputes must be brought to the event organizing committee.
- The decision of the organizers will be final and binding.
Prizes & Certificates
- Prize Pool: ₹6,000
- Prizes and certificates will be awarded to the top 3 teams.
- Digital participation certificates will be provided to all participants.
Important Information
- Date: 26 September 2026
- Time: 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
- Venue: RV University
- Registration Deadline: 20 September 2026
- Team Size: 1–4 members
- Registration Fee: ₹150 per team
- Maximum Capacity: 160 participants / 40 teams