CTF Details

Capture the Flag Competition Official Rules

WHO MAY ENTER:

Open only to legal residents of the fifty (50) United States and the District of Columbia who are 17 years of age or older and who are registered for Competition in CyberForge 2025 (Capture the Flag), in Newport News, Virginia March 23, 2025 . Partners, principals, and employees of Deloitte Consulting LLP and its subsidiaries are not eligible to enter and win. Federal, state and local government officials and employees may enter but may not win a prize.


Note: In order to be eligible to win a prize, you must be a current student AND 17 years old or older.


COMPETITION OBJECTIVE:

The objective of the Competition is to solve practical cyber challenges in a simulated environment. The goal of each challenge is navigate through scenarios and submit responses to the Sponsor’s on http://us.hackazon.org/ (the “Website”) in order to receive points. Challenges award varying amounts of points depending on difficulty. 


HOW TO PARTICIPATE: 

Eligible participants must form a team of no more than four (4) people as provided below. An individual may not participate in the Competition on more than one team. Each individual team member must complete registration for the Competition by March 7, 2025 to participate in the Competition via online conference registration link.


For the purpose of these Official Rules, a participating individual and a participating team will each be referred to as a “participant.” 


CAPTURE THE FLAG COMPETITION 

The Competition is an in person event and will begin on March 23, 2025 at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time (“ET”) and conclude on March 23, 2025 at 3:00 p.m. ET (“Competition Period”). Check-in will begin at 08:00 am and opening remarks will begin at 09:00 am ET.


REGISTRATION 


COMPETITION STRUCTURE 

The Competition will be completed in one continuous event in one day during the Competition Period (with breaks as designated by the Event organizer as required). The participants with the most amount of points at the end of the Competition Period wins. The scoreboard is automatically updated on the Website to reflect the current state of the Competition. The scoreboard will reflect the final rankings when the Competition Period ends. The initial kick off will occur on March 23, 2025 at 10:00 a.m. ET and ends at 3:00 p.m. ET on March 23, 2025. Top three (3) scoring participants per the scoreboard on the Website will be announced as 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners in person. In the event of a tie for points, the fastest participant wins.


Ground rules: