innovate.mygov.in NITI Aayog Capture the Flag Challenge 2017

Organisation : Niti Aayog
Competition Name : NITI Aayog – Capture the Flag Challenge
Applicable For : Citizen of India
Competition Last Date : 13th December, 2017
Prize : Rs. 25,000
Website : https://innovate.mygov.in/
Terms & Conditions : https://innovate.mygov.in/niti-registration/

Capture the Flag Challenge :

Introduction :
** A National Workshop on Cyber Security is being organised by Niti Aayog on December 18-19, 2017, at Kothari Auditorium, DRDO Bhawan, New Delhi. As a part of this workshop a National Level Capture-The-Flag (CTF) competition is being held.

Related : Defence Research & Development Organisation DRDO Cyber Challenge 2017 : www.contest.net.in/28532.html

** CTFis a special kind of information security competition in which information security experts and students who are interested in cyber security will take part to find the flag by solving the given challenges. These challenges will test the information Security and Cyber Security based skills of the competitors.

About The Challenge :
The preliminary round consists of challenges (online) covering various topics such as :
** Steganography
** Forensic
** Web
** Crypto
** Binary exploitation
Final rounds will be conducted offline.

Eligibility Criteria :
** Should be a citizen of India
** Candidates can participate either as an individual or as a team of atleast 2 members including Team Leader
** No age limits

Participation Procedure :
** Register your team on the registration form
** The challenges will be open on the specified date
** Login with your credential and access the challenges
** Submit the flag to get points
** Selected teams will be announced via email

Important Dates :
Registration End Date: 13th December, 2017
** Online preliminary rounds will be conducted from December 14th to 15th, 2017
** Finals will be on December 17th, 2017 at IIT Delhi

** Prizes for the winners will be distributed on December 19th, 2017 evening at the Valedictory function of the Cyber Security Workshop organized by NitiAayog.

Prize :
** 1st prize Rs. 25,000
** 2nd prize Rs.15,000
** 3rd prize Rs.10,000

Note :
** All prizes will be in Indian rupees.
** All Finalists will get a free registration to attend the Cyber Security workshop organized by Niti-Aayog on December 18th-19th 2017 at New Delhi.

General Terms & Conditions :
** Any attack on the challenge server is prohibited and if found the team will be disqualified.
** Participants shall provide correct and truthful information in registration and team creation.
** Participants shall keep their contact information accurate and up-to-date.

** Any kind of malpractices are prohibited and if found then the team will be disqualified.
** Write-ups are not allowed till the contest ends.
** Public disclosure of flag is prohibited.
** Jury has all the rights reserved. In case of any conflict, decision of the Jury shall be final.

Correspondence :
** Every participant has to provide his/her email id and mobile number during registration. Any correspondence will be done only through the email id provided.
** Organizers are not liable in case of email delivery failures.

For any queries, contact :
Prof. V.Kamakoti
Reconfigurable Intelligent Systems Engineering (RISE) Lab
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
Chennai – 600036
Phone Number: 91-44-2257 4368
e-Mail: ctfnitiaayog AT gmail.com