ECTF™ Participants:
A unique competition that builds knowledge, careers, and reputations
A Competition Unlike Any Other
Within a fun and competitive environment, MITRE’s eCTF™ develops practical skills for securing critical embedded systems, such as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), smart grids, and medical devices. As it includes design, build, and attack components, our approach balances offense and defense with an innovative program you won’t find in standard attack-only CTFs.
Key Dates
1/15 Kickoff
2/26 Handoff
4/16 Scoreboard Close
4/25 Award Ceremony
Registration is NOW OPEN
Team advisors may now register a team for eCTF participation.
This step only alerts the eCTF team that your school intends to participate in eCTF.
You do not need to have all team members committed at this time.
Beyond the Classroom
Nurturing Skills
Students confront an array of obstacles that require building skillsets across various cybersecurity disciplines ranging from basic to expert-level. Access to firmware (and MITRE professionals) guides participants in seeking solutions within an environment that is both encouraging and challenging.
A Valuable Course
Students Will Enjoy
With artifacts and deliverables universities can use as course assignments, this eCTF doubles as real-world experience in an attractive setting for students. Participants gain extra exposure within academia and the security industry.
I had no security experience prior to this competition. The learning curve was HUGE and I LOVED that! I was forced to learn so much. I loved doing the research, designing and implementing the secure system, and reviewing and attacking other teams’ designs. It was a blast!
Education Beyond Textbooks
Develop real-world problem-solving skills with direct experience in project management, cybersecurity, cryptography, and embedded systems. eCTF is an opportunity to learn hard and soft skills often not taught in classroom environments.
Workforce Development in Action
The MITRE of eCTF helps fill critical workforce gaps by providing an environment where student competitors engage with both designing and attacking secure systems. Since it’s inception, the competition has grown exponentially and quite a few former competitors have found a home at MITRE! Check out our panel discussion with five former ECTF competitors, Ben, Maretta, Sam, Jake, and Patrick below!
Participating Universities
MITRE’s eCTF competition has consistently grown since the 2016 pilot competition with four universities. Now, more that 90 teams are competing annually. The eCTF network of participants includes hundreds of students from 95 schools:
- Air Force Institute of Technology
- Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham University
- Andrada Polytechnic High School
- Baldwin Wallace University
- California State University, Los Angeles
- Carnegie Mellon University
- Center I (Albemarle County Public Schools)
- Chennai Institute Of Technology
- City College of San Francisco
- Colombe Academy of Technology
- Columbia University
- CyberAegis
- Dakota State University
- Delaware Area Career Center
- Duke University
- East Tennessee State University
- Ecole 2600
- Ecole Royale de l’Air
- Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott
- Florida Atlantic University
- Florida International University
- Georgia Institute of Technology
- Government Polytechnic, Pendurthi
- Indian Institute of Technology Dharwad
- Indian Institute of Technology Indore
- Indian Institute of Technology Madras
- Indiana Institute of Technology
- Ipnet Institute of Technology
- ISD 196
- Ivy Tech Community College Valparaiso
- Kansas State University
- Kilgore College
- Lakota East High School
- Lakota West High School
- Lenoir Community College
- LJ College of Computer Applications
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Michigan State University
- Michigan Technological University
- Morgan State University
- Munster High School
- New Century Technology High School
- Norfolk State University
- North Carolina State University
- Northeastern University
- Northern Virginia Community College
- NorthWest Arkansas Community College
- Oklahoma Christian University
- Pace University
- Parkway Spark!
- Purdue University
- Saddleback College
- San Francisco State University
- Sathyabama University of Science and Technology
- Shawnee Mission Center for Academic Achievement
- Singapore Management University
- Springfield-Clark County Career Technology Center
- St. Lawrence University
- Strayer University
- Summit Technology Academy
- Symbiosis Institute of Technology
- Tennessee Tech University
- Texas A&M University
- The Citadel
- The Ohio State University
- The University of Alabama
- The University of Tulsa
- Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
- Tufts University
- United States Air Force Academy
- United States Coast Guard Academy
- United States Cyber Games
- University at Buffalo
- University of Arizona
- University of California Los Angeles
- University of California, Irvine
- University of California, Santa Barbara
- University of California, Santa Cruz
- University of Colorado, Colorado Springs
- University of Connecticut
- University of Florida
- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
- University of Maryland, Baltimore County
- University of Nebraska Omaha
- University of New Haven
- University of North Dakota
- University of Port Harcourt
- University of Texas at Arlington
- University of Washington
- Utica University
- Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute
- Virginia Tech
- West Virginia University
- Worcester Polytechnic Institute
- Xavier University
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