IT Security Forum: Hands on Security Capture The Flag

Name: IT Security Forum: Hands on Security Capture The Flag
Start: 2026-03-31T17:00:00-04:00
End: 2026-03-31T21:00:00-04:00
Location: 782 New River Rd, Christiansburg, VA 24073, United States

Schedule

Tue Mar 31 2026 at 05:00 pm to 09:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

782 New River Rd, Christiansburg, VA 24073, United States | Christiansburg, VA

IT-Security Professionals Capture the Flag!
This year, the RBTC IT-Security Forum CTF is on Tuesday, March 31st, after work from 5:30 - 9pm!
Are you ready to hack?!?
Whether you're a gray-beard IT-Professional, a read-team Cyber Pentester, or a green IT-Security n00b — if you love hands on IT-Security, then this Capture the Flag event is for you! Our Jeopardy -Style CTF is the #1 professional Cybersecurity in the ROA/NRV area that attracts the hottest regional Sys-Admin/IT/Network-security and Pentester professionals, and is created and run by the Virginia Cyber Range.
Agenda:
5:00 - Arrivals, food, networking
5:30 - Official start time, announcements, agenda
5:45 - Sponsor microphone
6pm - CTF start time
9pm - CTF end time
9:15 - awards, photos
This year we're moving the event to the Christiansburg New River Community College (mall) STEM campus. Our CTF features tongue-in-cheek "Hollywood-hacker" style mood lighting, pumping electronica background music, food, drinks and $1,000 in IT-Professional themed IT-Security prizes. You don't want to miss this once-a-year regional IT-Pro event! A GREAT place to network with IT-Security professionals in a fun environment.
Our Jeopardy-style, 3hr, hands on hacking CTF itself is loaded with brand-new challenges from classic cybersecurity categories such as Cryptography, Recon, Reverse Engineering, and cool new Web challenges!.. as well as our super fun "IRL" (in-real-life) challenges that includes physical RFID/RF sniffing, network/portscan challenges and more!
Gear To Bring:
We provide the tables and power strips, but you need to minimally bring your laptop and power supply. We also have a number of high-point-value "IRL" (in real life) physical challenges.. but if you want to solve these hands-on challenges, it will benefit you bring/acquire any of the following to really rack up some big-time points.
Flipper Zero/RTL-SDR(or equiv) RFID/RF sniffers,
WiFi sniffing adapters (sniffing only, no attacks or brute force/WiFi Pineapple type devices please)
USB/UART adapter (for sniffing physical devices (with wires! :))
USB Logic Analyzers (moar wires!)
You can solve most of these challenges on Windows/Mac based laptops, but Linux or a pentesting distro like Kali Linux or Parrot OS will come in super handy.