Cyber Security Capture The Flag

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CTF competitions: what are they?

Capture The Flag events are computer security competitions. Participants compete in security-themed challenges for the purpose of obtaining the highest score. Competitors are expected to “capture flags” to increase their score, hence the name of the event. Flags are usually random strings embedded in the challenges.

CTFs have increased in popularity as they attract a higher number of young talents each year. They help develop the essential skills required to follow a career path in cybersecurity.

Findings: what kind of analysis and methodology was used?

The themes used to qualitatively analyse CTF events were chosen with the objective to provide readers with sufficient information about all aspects of organising a CTF event. This analysis, therefore, explores the following elements of the competition in details:

1. entry requirements: consolidates data on age, status, qualifications, location, etc
2. diversity and inclusion: gender balance, socio-economic background of
or ethnic proportionate representation, etc
3. challenge format: explores challenge categories, scoring, platform used,
prizes, length of the competition, etc
4. competition format: analyses information on team sizes, mentors and
coaches, qualifiers or parallel contests
5. event organisation: looks at other activities organised such as catering
and transport or accommodation facilities provided
6. post-event actions: explores actions performed after the event
such as challenge and solution distribution, the release of result data
or subsequent publications

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