THE COMPETITION

The Embedded Capture the Flag (eCTF) Competition is an attack-and-defend exercise for designing secure embedded systems

 

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.

 

2024 ECTF

REGISTER YOUR TEAM NOW

Team registration is now open for the 2024 eCTF at https://share.hsforms.com/1x7FA0gkqRnOAnfsYxAd5Wg4m7ji. You do not need to know the lineup of students who will compete; an individual competitor registration form will be released in December. This form is only meant to be filled out by the team advisor.

 

In the 2024 eCTF, teams will design and implement a supply chain security solution for microcontrollers on a medical device. The system must securely verify the device integrity while keeping sensitive data confidential.

 

The 2024 competition will run from January 17th through April 17th with an award ceremony on April 26th.

 

For more information or to join the email list, reach us at ectf@mitre.org.

 

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