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

Air Force Institute of Technology • Amherst College • Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham University • Arizona State University • Asia Pacific University of Technology and Innovation • Baldwin Wallace University • BASIS Chandler • Binghamton University • Boston University • Brigham Young University • California State University, Fullerton • California State University, Los Angeles • Carnegie Mellon University • Center I (Albemarle County Public Schools) • City College of San Francisco • 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 • Ecole Royale de l’Air • Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott • Essex North Shore Agricultural and Technical School • Faculte des sciences Ain Chock • Fairport High School • Flinders University • Florida A&M University • Florida Atlantic University • Florida International University • Florida State University • George Mason University • Georgia Institute of Technology • Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University • Hampton University • Harmony Science Academy • Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology • HTL Pinkafeld • Indian Institute of Technology Dharwad • Indian Institute of Technology Indore • Indian Institute of Technology Madras • Indiana Institute of Technology • Institut Bisnis dan Teknologi Indonesia • Ipnet Institute of Technology • ISD 196 • Istituto di Istruzione Secondaria Superiore Marie Curie • Johns Hopkins University • Kansas State University • Kennesaw State University • Kilgore College • KL University • Lakota East High School • Lakota West High School • Lenoir Community College • Louisiana State University • Louisiana Tech University • Marriotts Ridge High School • Massachusetts Institute of Technology • Michigan State University • Michigan Technological University • Morgan State University • Mount Saint Dominic Academy • Mount Si High School • Mountain View High School • New Mexico State University • New York Institute of Technology • New York University • Norfolk State University • North Carolina State University • Northeastern University • Northern Virginia Community College • NorthWest Arkansas Community College • Nova Southeastern University • Oklahoma Christian University • Pace University • Parkway Spark! • Penn State Abington • Purdue University • Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute • Rice University • 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 • SDU University • Shawnee Mission Center for Academic Achievement • Singapore Management University • Smithtown High School West • Southeast Missouri State University • Southern University and A&M College • Springfield-Clark County Career Technology Center • SRM Institute of Science and Technology • Strayer University • 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 Texas at El Paso • The University of Tulsa • Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology • Tri-City College Prep • TrustSec • Tufts University • United States Air Force Academy • United States Coast Guard Academy • United States Cyber Games • United States Military Academy • Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena • University at Buffalo • University of Alabama in Huntsville • University of Arizona • University of Arkansas • University of California, Irvine • University of California, Los Angeles • University of California, Santa Barbara • University of California, Santa Cruz • University of Central Florida • University of Cincinnati • University of Colorado Boulder • University of Colorado, Colorado Springs • University of Connecticut • University of Dayton • University of Denver • University of Edinburgh • University of Florida • University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign • University of Maribor • 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 South Alabama • University of Texas at Arlington • University of Texas at Dallas • University of Trento • University of Washington • University of Wyoming • Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute • Virginia State University • Virginia Tech • Wellington High School • West Virginia University • Willis College • Worcester Polytechnic Institute • Xavier University

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