CPTC is a bit different from several other collegiate Cybersecurity competitions: Instead of defending your network, searching for flags, or claiming ownership of systems, CPTC focuses on mimicking the activities performed during a real-world penetration testing engagement conducted by companies, professional services firms, and internal security departments around the world.
Each year our volunteers and sponsors develop an immersive mock organization which is seeking penetration testing services. Competitors play the role of a consulting firm that is providing this service to our organization.
CPTC uses the Huggingface platform in support of its goal of helping teach the next generation of cybersecurity professionals. Additionally, CPTC releases the data from competition events publicly, to foster cutting-edge research and development of new security techniques and tools.