FAQ

What details do I need to register?

Registration Code: This will be supplied to everyone on Training/Competiton Day. You can't register until this is shared.

You will register ONCE per Team (and share login details with all Team members)

• User Name = Your TEAM name
• Email address = one member of your Team
• A password - share with all members of your team
• State/Territory location = indicate WA; NT; SA: QLD; VIC; ACT; NSW; TAS
• All Female Team = indicate if you are an All female and/or non-binary team.
• Indigenous or Torres Strait Islander team member(s) = Check if your team contains a member who identifies as this.
• Bracket = indicate if your Team is competing as a Beginner, Intermediate or Advanced Team

What tools can I use to solve challenges with?

A standardised cyber toolkit will be made available for all competitors thanks to Kasm Workspaces. You are also welcome to utalise any other digital tools you have at your disposal, if that is your preference. Please compete ethically and do not seek outside assistance.

Can I win prizes?

Heck yeah!

• 1st Place: Flipper Zeros (Advanced division), Raspberry Pis (Beginner/Intermediate division).
• 2nd Place (in each division): Lockpicks (donated by Trustwave).
• 3rd Place (in each division): '3 month *subscriptions' (600 cubes) to HtB Academy (donated by Hack The Box) *parent/guardian permissions required.
• 4th Place (in each division): micro:bit V2.2 GO Bundles
• Top Female Team (in each division): '3 month *subscriptions' (600 cubes) to HtB Academy (donated by Hack The Box) *parent/guardian permissions required.
• Best Indigenous student prize: '3 month *subscription' (600 cubes) to HtB Academy (donated by Hack The Box) *parent/guardian permissions required.
• The 2024 ASD Challenge (first Team to complete the 2024 ASD Challenge, A Weakness For Pizza): Games pack
• The Unsolved Challenge: Sebucsert Cryptosystem - the 2023 ASD Challenge - remains unsolved! Mystery Prize for the first Team to crack it!

Where can I contact organisers and competitors?

You can chat with us and other competitors on our CTF Server on Discord. For specific questions, you can raise a Support Ticket on the Discord Server.

Who am I competing against?

You and your Team will be competing with 400+ high school students across Australia.

Who are PECAN+ CTF 2024's sponsors and supporters?

PECAN+ CTF is proudly led by Edith Cowan University School of Science and is a collaborative initiative that brings together Australian higher education and vocational institutions, cyber security industry, teachers and students around the aim of raising cyber security awareness, skills and aspirations.

PECAN+ CTF 2024 is made possible by National Sponsors: Australian Signals Directorate; Yira Yarkiny Group; Kasm Workspaces, Seamless Intelligence; Sekuro; Office of Digital Government Western Australia; Trustwave; Hack The Box, and numerous regional sponsors and supporters.