Capture The Flag on 12 October 2024 in Bonn

The CTF will take place as a Jeopardy-style event. This means that there will be different categories and the challenges can be solved independently of each other.

The team that solves all challenges first or has the most points at the end of the game wins the CTF and thus the main prize.

You can find everything you need to know about capture-the-flag competitions, or CTFs for short here.

Your team may consist of a maximum of four team members.

Yes, solo participation is possible. However, there will not be a separate track for solo participants - in this case you will be considered as a team with one team member. Accordingly, the chances of winning may be slightly lower. If you do not have a team member but do not want to participate alone, you can indicate this in the registration form. In this case, we will try to place you in an existing team with open places.

In principle, anyone interested in IT security and CTF enthusiasts over the age of eighteen (18) can take part in this event. It is important that you and your team register within the registration period. Registration after the registration period is only possible if not all places have already been filled.

In Bonn in the IBM Garage for Defence at Godesberger Allee 125-127.

The majority of the event will be held in German. Parts may be held in English. This may include presentations by speakers and parts of the challenges.

Registration for participation is possible until 7 September. Participants who have registered by then will receive binding feedback by 14 September at the latest as to whether they will be taking part.

If you and your team register to take part, we will reserve the slots for you and your team. If it becomes apparent that you will not be able to take part, please cancel as soon as possible so that we can reallocate the open slots.

Places are allocated without qualification. The "first-come, first-served" principle applies. In short: If you register early enough, you have a good chance of being there. Under certain circumstances, however, we may decide not to invite participants or to give preference to other participants. This may be the case in particular if participants register as solo participants and would therefore block a place for a full team.

Online participation is not possible. The event will take place on site in Bonn, Germany.

Participation as a spectator is currently not planned. The available space is reserved for active participants. We can only deviate from this in justified exceptional cases, such as accompanying disabled persons, press or supporters of the events or similar. Please send a message in advance to ctf@laokoon-security.com

No, we appreciate your interest, but you have to take care of these things yourself.

You know your system best. Basically, you will be working on your laptop. There will be no hardware challenge where you have to plug something into your computer. Nevertheless, you should have the adapters you need with you. Especially your power connection. It may also be worth having a multiple socket. Always good to have with you. You never know. In principle, a power supply is provided, but if you want to charge additional devices, please bring the relevant equipment with you.

For space reasons, it will hardly be possible to set up a complete workstation. Screens and desktop PCs are unlikely to have a place. The seats are distributed in such a way that you can either sit on a couch, an armchair or at a table without the teams disturbing each other. However, it is not possible to offer everyone enough space for a screen. Thank you for your understanding.

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The organisers and partners (Laokoon Security GmbH, CGI, IBM and Bechtle Bonn GmbH & Co. KG) may use the information collected to communicate with users in connection with the CTF or related activities and events. Collected information may be used in the following ways:

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• On the part of Laokoon Security GmbH:
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• On the CGI side:
  • CGI Germany B.V. & Co. KG, Leinfelder Straße 60, 70771 Leinfelden-Echterdingen, T: +49 771 72846-0, F: +49 771 72846-846
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The following applies to CGI: When processing your data, we use our internal IT service provider Conseillers en gestion et informatique CGI Inc, Montreal, Canada, to which we transfer your data, which is subject to our binding corporate rules ("BCR"). CGI's BCRs were approved by the French supervisory authority (CNIL) on 22 July 2021. This means that your data subject rights remain unchanged, regardless of where your personal data is processed.

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