Fueling Cyber Excellence: CyberTalents and Trend Micro Regional CTFs Empower Arab and African Talents Year after Year!
CyberTalents, in collaboration with Trend Micro, is proud to bring the Arab Regional CTF and Sub-Saharan Africa Regional CTF for another consecutive year. These events aim to showcase the hidden talents in these regions.
CyberTalents and Trend Micro are joining forces this year to provide Arab and African talents with extensive experience in the field of cybersecurity. Two separate big events for each region. Through these regional CTFs, participants will have the opportunity to meet like-minded individuals from their respective regions and put their technical skills to the test.
These events will not only enhance existing skills and create new capabilities in mastering cybersecurity but also expose participants to new challenges and provide them with opportunities to be discovered by high-tech companies actively seeking cybersecurity talents, which are in high demand nowadays. The Regional CTF competitions are part of CyberTalents and Trend Micro efforts to bridge the talent gap in the cybersecurity market.
Who are CyberTalents and Trend Micro?
CyberTalents is an international platform that ranks cybersecurity talents based on their real hands-on skills in different cybersecurity categories through organizing CTF competitions. They also provide security services and recruitment options for companies.
Trend Micro is a leading voice in the fight against cybercrime. The company tirelessly works to discover key insights that enable them to protect over 500,000 companies worldwide from hundreds of millions of threats on a daily basis. Trend Micro is also a market leader in hybrid cloud security, network defence, small business security, and endpoint security.
Sub-Saharan Africa Regional Cybersecurity CTF 2023
The Sub-Saharan Africa Regional Cybersecurity CTF is open to hundreds of talents from African countries, including Ghana, South Africa, Mauritius, DR Congo, Ivory Coast, Senegal, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Nigeria, and many more!
This CTF is held online and is supported by CyberTalents' expert tech team, who are ready to assist participants during the competition. This CTF is open to anyone regardless of their major, gender, or age, as long as they are residents of an African country.
The Sub-Saharan Africa Regional Cybersecurity CTF 2023 is scheduled for the 7th of October 2023, running from 7 AM UTC for 7 hours. This event invites participants from all Sub-Saharan African countries, without any restrictions based on age, gender, or major. Know more details and create your teams now!
Arab Regional Cybersecurity CTF 2023
The Arab Regional Cybersecurity CTF is open to hundreds of talents from Arab countries including Egypt, Tunisia, Lebanon, Morocco, Algeria, Jordan, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait, Iraq, Oman, and many more!
This CTF is held online and is supported by CyberTalents expert tech team, who are ready to assist participants during the competition. This CTF is open to anyone regardless of their major, gender, or age, as long as they are residents of an Arab country.
The Arab Regional Cybersecurity CTF 2023 is scheduled to take place on the 21st of October 2023, running from 7 AM UTC for 7 hours. The competition welcomes participants from all Arab countries, with no restrictions based on age, gender, or major. Know more details and create your teams now!
What will you Gain From Joining a Regional CTF?
By participating in major CTF events like these, you will have the opportunity to discover essential aspects of the cybersecurity field. You can explore different cybersecurity tracks that you may not have encountered before, challenging yourself and working with scenarios you may not have gone through previously.
The cybersecurity field is complex and specialized, often limiting talents to their specific areas of expertise and depriving them of opportunities to explore other cybersecurity fields. CTF competitions expose talents to diverse scenarios, enabling them to unleash their untapped potential in various categories.
The Regional CTFs follow a jeopardy-style format, where teams receive a list of challenges in different categories such as Reverse Engineering, Web Security, Digital Forensics, Network Security, and more. Solving each challenge earns your team a certain number of points based on its difficulty.
How to join CyberTalents Regional Cybersecurity CTFs?
Getting involved in our Regional CTFs is incredibly simple and typically requires less than 2 minutes of your time. The process is straightforward, and we will provide a detailed explanation in the upcoming sections.
How to join the Sub-Saharan Africa Regional Cybersecurity CTF 2023?
Here are the steps you need to follow:
1- Create an account on CyberTalents.
3- Click on the "Create Team" tab.
4- Write down your team name and Click Submit.
Then, your team members need to follow these steps to join your team:
1- Go to the CTF webpage.
2- Click the "Teams" tab.
3- Search for your team and click the button on the right "Join Team".
How to Join The Arab Regional Cybersecurity CTF 2023?
Here are the steps you need to follow:
1- Create an account on CyberTalents.
3- Click on the "Create Team" tab.
4- Write down your team name and Click Submit.
Then, your team members need to follow these steps to join your team:
1- Go to the CTF webpage.
2- Click the "Teams" tab.
3- Search for your team and click the button on the right "Join Team".
Congratulations! You have now created or joined a team and are ready to compete in the CTF! On the day of the CTF, simply open the CTF webpage, click on the challenges tab, and start solving them.
Please note that the CTF challenges will not be visible on the website until the CTF day. Once the CTF starts, the challenges will be live and ready to be played.
Some Rules to Consider
1- The minimum number of team members is 2 and the maximum number is 4.
2- Once the CTF starts, teams get locked so no one can create/join a team.
Resources to Help You Get Ready for Your CTF
1- CyberTalents Practice Section.
2- Introduction to cybersecurity training
Join now and compete with hundreds of talents from different countries to boost your skills. Create your team now!