Opportunity brief
Find the Flag. Solve the Challenge. Master Cybersecurity.
- What The Flag is a cybersecurity-based Capture The Flag (CTF) competition designed to challenge participants through technical puzzles, security challenges, hidden clues and problem-solving tasks.
- Participants will compete across multiple cybersecurity domains, including Digital Forensics, Reverse Engineering, Cryptography, Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT) and Steganography.
- Each challenge requires participants to investigate clues, analyze data, uncover hidden information and apply cybersecurity techniques to find the required flag.
Event Structure:
CTF Kickoff:
- Date: 18 September 2026
- Time: 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM IST
- The competition officially begins as teams tackle a series of cybersecurity challenges.
- Participants solve problems, submit flags and earn points based on their successful completions.
- Challenge points may dynamically decrease as more teams solve them, adding a strategic element to the competition.
Challenge Domains:
- Digital Forensics
- Reverse Engineering
- Cryptography
- Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT)
- Steganography
What You'll Experience:
- Hands-on cybersecurity challenges
- Technical puzzles and hidden clues
- Digital investigation and analysis
- Cryptography and decoding challenges
- OSINT-based investigation
- Reverse engineering problems
- Live competitive leaderboard
- Team-based problem solving
Event Details:
- Format: Capture The Flag (CTF) Competition
- Participation: Teams of 1–5 members
- Eligibility: Open to all
- Registration Fee: ₹207
- Teams will be ranked based on their total accumulated points, with the team achieving the highest score declared the winner.
- Sharing flags, solutions or using unfair means is strictly prohibited.
- Click here to complete the payment after registering on Unstop: gravitas.vit.ac.in/events/abc220f9-a716-4235-b108-a96c25cfdb9d
Think. Investigate. Exploit. Capture the Flag.