❓Why We Made This Course

Students and instructors at South Hills School of Business & Technology created this CTF to promote technology topics and make a beginner-friendly version of a competitive CTF challenge (because many of the competitive ones are super difficult!!). We love CTFs and wanted to spread the word by making one ourselves that is easier, approachable, and fun.

It all started when we thought to add a small CTF to our "Hack the Cloud" event we hosted last year. We had around 100 middle school, junior high, and high school students participate and it was such a success we have run the CTF multiple times throughout the year and now will keep it online for anyone that wants to participate. So if you have friends that would be interested - send them to https://www.southhills.edu/free-course.

Playing CTF is about solving puzzles, tinkering, and exploring how things work so you can learn new skills in IT, coding, and cybersecurity. And the problems you face in a CTF will be difficult and you often need to come up with creative solutions to solve them.

The world needs people with these types of skills and to keep the digital world moving we need more "hacker" types. Not the malicious hackers, but individuals that have that desire to not give up until they find a solution to a complex technical challenge.

Today, these individuals are the creators, tinkerers, and builders of tech - not just consumers! And our hope is that this course will help you become just a little bit more like them!