Contact Western Regional Directors, Alex Keller & Kerrie Lu: cptc-western@lists.stanford.edu

Global CPTC Website: https://cp.tc
Team Registration: https://cp.tc/overview
Submit Support Ticket: https://support.cp.tc
Rules: https://cp.tc/s/OFFICIAL-CPTC-Rules-Document-2024-08.pdf

Global CPTC LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/globalcptc
Global CPTC Twitter: https://twitter.com/globalcptc

The Collegiate Penetration Testing Competition (CPTC) focuses on training and evaluating the activities teams are likely to perform during a real-world penetration testing engagement.

At its heart, 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.

Location: Stanford University, Science & Engineering Quad
Free Visitor Parking: Via Ortega Garage, 498 Vía Ortega, Stanford, CA (Google Map: https://goo.gl/maps/DTBvrp99QJ9drJ5Q7)

Saturday 11/08/2025 - DAY 1 COMPETITION / HUANG ENGINEERING BLDG BASEMENT

9:00am - Teams expected on-site / Team registration / Breakfast available
9:15am - Regional welcome remarks
9:30am - Introduction presentation by CPTC Organizers
9:50am - Teams released to their assigned rooms
10:00am - Assessment phase begins
12:30-1:30pm - Lunch available
6:00pm - Access to competition environment ends
6:15pm - Evening close-out presentation / Dinner available
11:59pm - Reports due

Sunday 11/09/2025 - DAY 2 CLOSING CEREMONIES / SHRIRAM BLDG ROOMS 104 & 108

10:45am - Teams expected onsite / Brunch available
Noon - Keynote / Sponsor presentations
1:00pm - Global CPTC Directors’ debrief + Q&A
2:00pm - Awards presentation and closing remarks
2:30pm - Competition weekend ends

California State University, San Bernardino
City College of San Francisco
Colorado School of Mines
Oregon State University
San Francisco State University
San Jose State University
Stanford University
University of California, Berkeley
University of California, Davis
University of Nevada, Reno

Stanford School of Engineering: https://engineering.stanford.edu
Global CPTC: https://cp.tc

CPTC Western Regional 2024: https://cptc-west.stanford.edu/2024
CPTC Western Regional 2023: https://cptc-west.stanford.edu/2023
CPTC Western Regional 2022: https://cptc-west.stanford.edu/2022
CPTC Western Regional 2021: https://cptc-west.stanford.edu/2021
CPTC Western Regional 2020: https://cptc-west.stanford.edu/2020
CPTC Western Regional 2019: https://cptc-west.stanford.edu/2019
CPTC Western Regional 2018: https://cptc-west.stanford.edu/2018

In the interest of full transparency, this addendum publicly identifies any current or prior affiliations for organizers of CPTC West.

Alex Keller is a host for CPTC West (2018-2025), works at the Stanford School of Engineering (2012-2025), and serves as coach of the Stanford CPTC (2018-2025) and CCDC teams (2017-2025). Alex has no scoring role nor inside knowledge of the competition.

Kerrie Lu is a host for CPTC West (2019-2025) and attended City College of San Francisco (2017-2019) where she was the Cyber Club President (2018-2019) and competed in CCDC. Kerrie has no scoring role nor inside knowledge of the competition.