National Info
CPTC National Website: https://nationalcptc.org
Team Signup - All US regions are FULL but you can still be added to the waitlist: https://forms.gle/HMutoycoyGtFdSpo6
Rules: https://nationalcptc.org/files/rules.pdf
The Collegiate Penetration Testing Competition (CPTC) provides a venue for top cybersecurity student teams to discover, triage, and mitigate critical security vulnerabilities. This competition focuses on improving the security posture of a fictitious organization and reporting on risks in a manner that is similar to a real professional engagement.
The top teams from the Western/Central/North-East/South-East Regional Competitions will advance to the CPTC National Finals hosted at the Rochester Institute of Technology, November 22-24, 2019.
Competing Teams
California State University, Chico
California State University, Fullerton
Cal Poly Pomona
City College of San Francisco
National University
Stanford University
University of California, Berkeley
University of California, Davis
University of California, Riverside
Regional Sponsors
Western Regional Event Details
Date: October 12th & 13th, 2019
Location Saturday October 12th:
Huang Engineering Building, Basement Foyer
475 Via Ortega, Stanford, CA 94305
Location Sunday October 13th:
Shriram Building, Room 104
443 Via Ortega, Stanford, CA 94305
Google Maps: https://goo.gl/maps/TBqn6Lp6AfM2
Getting to Stanford: https://transportation.stanford.edu/directions-public-transportation
Visitor Parking (free on weekends):
Via Ortega Garage (Parking Structure 2)
285 Panama St, Stanford, CA 94305 (https://goo.gl/maps/5zdUfFjeyRU2)
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Schedule
Saturday, October 12th, 2019
8:00 am - Teams arrive on site / Breakfast provided
8:15 am - Welcome meeting
8:45 am - Teams to their rooms
9:00 am - Competition begins
12:00 pm - Lunch provided
6:00 pm - Competition ends
6:15 pm - End of day briefing / Dinner provided
Sunday, October 13th, 2019
3:00 am - Written reports are due
11 am - Brunch / Socialize
Noon - Guest Panel:
* Elvis Chan - Supervisory Special Agent, FBI Cyber Team
* Bridget Pelletier-Ross - Security Engineering Manager at Facebook
* Apoorva Joshi - Senior Security Research Scientist at FireEye
* Ben Actis - Offensive Security Engineer at Facebook
* Michael Duff - Assistant Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer at Stanford University
1:00 pm - Q&A with National CPTC organizers
2:00 pm - Regional awards ceremony
Lodging
Lodging Guide: https://visit.stanford.edu/plan/lodging.html
Volunteer
Volunteers needed October 11-13! Please note you must be 18 years of age.
Volunteer sign-up sheet: https://forms.gle/9qZrHbzU1hBRspaDA
Contact
Western Regional Host - Alex Keller: axkeller@stanford.edu
Western Regional Co-Organizer - Kerrie Lu: lukerriey2k@gmail.com
National Directors Mailing List: directors@nationalcptc.org
Special Thanks
Stanford School of Engineering: https://engineering.stanford.edu
Stanford Cyber Intiative & Cyber Policy Center: https://cyber.fsi.stanford.edu
Previous Years
CPTC Western Regional 2018: https://cptc-west.stanford.edu/2018/