Western Regional Directors, Alex Keller & Kerrie Lu: cptc-western@lists.stanford.edu
Global CPTC Support: https://support.cp.tc

Global CPTC Website: https://cp.tc
Registration: https://cp.tc/overview
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.

Gold Sponsor:

Silver Sponsor:

Bronze Sponsor:

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 11/16/2024 - DAY 1 COMPETITION / HUANG ENGINEERING BLDG BASEMENT

8:00am - Teams expected on-site/Team registration/Breakfast
8:45am - Welcome remarks
9:00am - Introduction presentation by CPTC Organizers
9:20am - Teams released to their assigned rooms
9:30am - Assessment phase begins
Noon-1:00pm - Lunch available
5:30pm - Access to competition environment ends
5:45pm - Evening close-out
6:00-7:00pm - Dinner available
11:59pm - Reports due

Sunday 11/17/2024 - DAY 2 CLOSING CEREMONIES / SHRIRAM BLDG ROOMS 104 & 108

10:15am - Teams expected onsite
10:30am - Brunch
11:30am - Keynote/Sponsor presentations
1:00pm - Global CPTC directors debrief & QA
2:00pm - Awards and closing remarks
2:30pm - Competition weekend ends

California State University, Chico
California State University, San Bernadino
City College of San Francisco
Colorado School of Mines
San Francisco State University
Stanford University
United States Air Force Academy
University of California, Davis
University of Colorado, Boulder
University of Nevada, Reno

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

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 (2018-2024), works at the Stanford School of Engineering (2012-2024), and serves as coach of the Stanford CPTC (2018-2024) and CCDC teams (2017-2024). Alex has no scoring role nor inside knowledge of the competition.

Kerrie Lu is a host for CPTC West (2019-2024) 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.