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CTF Development

Cyber education within cybersecurity is an important part no doubt, especially with the amount of content to cover within the field. While theres no definitively correct way to go about it, most people tend to start with Capture The Flag (CTF) competitions. These competitions usually being in the form of jeopardy-style challenges, where you solve a series of problems (challenges) to get a token of completion (a flag). These types of challenges are popular not only because they're usually hyper-specific to one category, such as web hacking or cryptography, but also because they tend to be fun, at least most of the time.

Goals of CTF DevelopmentΒΆ

  • Scalability and Automation


    • Fast turnaround for challenges
    • Automated scoring
    • Individualized flags
  • Real-World Connections


    • Introduce realistic scenarios
    • Populated with realistic noise
    • Connect with past incidents
  • Precision and Documentation


    • Focus on assigned category
    • Seamless challenge access
    • Confirmed & working solutions
  • Entertainment


    • Restrict brute-force solutions
    • Make sure competitors have fun
    • Multiple methods of solving