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INTRODUCTION

A National Workshop on Cyber Security is being organised by Niti Aayog on January 19-20, 2018 at New Delhi. As a part of this workshop a National Level Capture-The-Flag (CTF) competition is being held. CTF is a special kind of information security competition in which information security experts and students who are interested in cyber security will take part to find the flag by solving the given challenges. These challenges will test the information Security and Cyber Security based skills of the competitors.

ABOUT THE CHALLENGE

The preliminary round consists of challenges (online) covering various topics such as

  • Steganography
  • Forensic
  • Web
  • Crypto
  • Binary exploitation

Final rounds will be conducted offline.

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

  • Should be a citizen of India
  • Candidates can participate either as an individual or as a team of atleast 2 members including Team Leader
  • No age limits

PARTICIPATION PROCEDURE

  • Register your team on the registration form
  • The challenges will be open on the specified date
  • Login with your credential and access the challenges
  • Submit the flag to get points
  • Selected teams will be announced via email

Important Dates

  • Registration End Date: 10th January 2018.
  • Online preliminary rounds stands postponed. New dates for Preliminary and Final rounds will be intimated to all registered participants shortly.

PRIZE

  • 1st prize Rs. 25,000
  • 2nd prize Rs.15,000
  • 3rd prize Rs.10,000

NOTE:

  • All prizes will be in Indian rupees.
  • All finalists will get a free registration to attend the national cyber security workshop to be held shortly after the final round. The process will be distributed at the end of the workshop.

GENERAL TERMS & CONDITIONS

  • Any attack on the challenge server is prohibited and if found the team will be disqualified.
  • Participants shall provide correct and truthful information in registration and team creation.
  • Participants shall keep their contact information accurate and up-to-date.
  • Any kind of malpractices are prohibited and if found then the team will be disqualified.
  • Write-ups are not allowed till the contest ends.
  • Public disclosure of flag is prohibited.
  • Jury has all the rights reserved. In case of any conflict, decision of the Jury shall be final.

Correspondence

  • Every participant has to provide his/her email id and mobile number during registration. Any correspondence will be done only through the email id provided.
  • Organizers are not liable in case of email delivery failures.

For any queries, contact:

Prof. V.Kamakoti
Reconfigurable Intelligent Systems Engineering (RISE) Lab
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
Chennai - 600036

Phone Number: 91-44-2257 4368

e-Mail: ctfnitiaayog@gmail.com

REGISTRATION FORM FOR NITI AAYOG CAPTURE THE FLAG

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Last Updated:December 6, 2017 at 11:47 am - innov-145