What are CTFs?

With my CTF team KITCTF each semester we do introductory talks about how to get started with CTFs. I gave the introductory talk to the introductory talks, i.e. what even are CTFs?, twice.

You can find the slides of the latest iteration on the KITCTF website: Acquiring practical security knowledge through enjoyable hacking challenges.

Additionally, I wrote a blog post just listing great materials, updating our last blog post from 2014, looking it might already be time for a slight update.