Types of CTFs

Capture The Flag (CTF) competitions are broadly categorized into two main types: Jeopardy-Style and Attack-Defense.

Jeopardy-Style CTF

• Description: Teams solve a variety of independent challenges across different categories such as cryptography, forensics, and reverse engineering.

• Scoring: Each solved challenge (aka chal) earns points for the team, and the team with the most points at the end of the event wins.

• Focus: Emphasizes problem-solving and knowledge across a range of cybersecurity topics.

Attack-Defense CTF

• Description: Teams are provided with vulnerable systems and tasked with defending their own systems while attacking others.

• Scoring: Points are earned by successfully defending against attacks and compromising the opponents' systems.

• Focus: Simulates real-world network security scenarios, requiring both offensive and defensive skills.

Our CTF is a Jeopardy-Style with multiple categories and leveled with easy, medium, and hard challenges even though all of these challenges would typically be mainly be considered easy at a competitive CTF competition.