eCTF

Embedded Capture the Flag Competition

The Embedded Capture the Flag (eCTF) is an embedded security competition run by MITRE that puts participants through the experience of trying to create a secure system and then learning from their mistakes. The main target is a real physical embedded device, which opens the scope of the challenge to include physical/proximal access attacks. The eCTF is a two-phase competition with attack and defense components. In the first phase, competitors design and implement a secure system based on a set of challenge requirements. The second phase involves analyzing and attacking the other teams’ designs.

See our NICE K-12 Conference Talk

We presented at the 2022 NICE K-12 Conference about the eCTF and how the first and most successful high school team Delaware Area Career Center used the eCTF in their program.

Competitor Testimonials

Past Competitors

Academic Magnet High School • Air Force Institute of Technology • AJ College of Science and Technology • Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham University • Andrada Polytechnic High School • Baldwin Wallace University • BASIS Chandler • Binghamton University • Blacksburg High School • Boston University • Brigham Young University • California State University, Fullerton • California State University, Los Angeles • Capitol Technology University • Carnegie Mellon University • Center I (Albemarle County Public Schools) • Chaitanya Engineering College • Chennai Institute Of Technology • City College of San Francisco • Clarendon High School • Clemson University • Colombe Academy of Technology • Colorado State University • Columbia University • Cornell University • CyberAegis • Dakota State University • Delaware Area Career Center • Duke University • East Tennessee State University • Eastern Florida State College • Ecole 2600 • Ecole Royale de l’Air • El Paso Community College • Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott • Essex North Shore Agricultural and Technical School • Farmington High School • Flinders University • Florida A&M University • Florida Atlantic University • Florida International University • Florida State University • George Mason University • Georgia Institute of Technology • Government Polytechnic, Pendurthi • Hampton University • Hanze University of Applied Sciences • Harmony Science Academy • Howard University • Huntsville City Schools Cyber Academy • Indian Institute of Technology Dharwad • Indian Institute of Technology Indore • Indian Institute of Technology Madras • Indiana Institute of Technology • Ipnet Institute of Technology • ISD 196 • Ivy Tech Community College Valparaiso • Johns Hopkins University • Johnson C. Smith University • Kansas State University • Kilgore College • KL University • Lakota East High School • Lakota West High School • Lenoir Community College • LJ College of Computer Applications • Louisiana State University • Louisiana Tech University • Marriotts Ridge High School • Massachusetts Institute of Technology • Michigan State University • Michigan Technological University • Mineola High School • Morgan State University • Mount Saint Dominic Academy • Mountain View High School • Munster High School • New Century Technology High School • New Mexico State University • New York University • Nonsuch High School For Girls • Norfolk State University • North Carolina State University • Northeastern University • Northern Virginia Community College • NorthWest Arkansas Community College • Nova Southeastern University • Oklahoma Christian University • Old Dominion University • Pace University • Parkway Spark! • Penn State Abington • Purdue University • Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute • River Hill High School • Rochester Institute of Technology • Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology • Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology • Rutgers University • Saddleback College • San Francisco State University • Sathyabama University of Science and Technology • Searcy High School • Shawnee Mission Center for Academic Achievement • Singapore Management University • Southeast Missouri State University • Southern University and A&M College • Springfield-Clark County Career Technology Center • SRM Institute of Science and Technology • St. Lawrence University • Strayer University • Summit Technology Academy • Symbiosis Institute of Technology • Syracuse University • Tennessee Tech University • Texas A&M University • Thadomal Shahani Engineering College • The Citadel • The Harker School • The Ohio State University • The Pennsylvania State University • The University of Alabama • The University of Tulsa • Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology • TrustSec • Tufts University • United States Air Force Academy • United States Coast Guard Academy • United States Cyber Games • United States Military Academy • University at Buffalo • University of Alabama in Huntsville • University of Arizona • University of California, Irvine • University of California, Los Angeles • University of California, Santa Barbara • University of California, Santa Cruz • University of Cincinnati • University of Colorado Boulder • University of Colorado, Colorado Springs • University of Connecticut • University of Dayton • University of Development Alternative • University of Edinburgh • University of Florida • University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign • University of Maryland College Park • University of Maryland, Baltimore County • University of Massachusetts Amherst • University of Massachusetts Lowell • University of Michigan • University of Nebraska Omaha • University of New Hampshire • University of New Haven • University of North Dakota • University of Pennsylvania • University of Port Harcourt • University of South Alabama • University of Texas at Arlington • University of Texas at Dallas • University of Trento • University of Washington • University of Wyoming • Utica University • Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute • Virginia State University • Virginia Tech • Wellington High School • West Virginia University • Worcester Polytechnic Institute • Xavier University • Zambia University College of Technology

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