Run and join cybersecurity CTF events, hackathons, and hands-on security labs with CTF7

CTF7 gives universities, student chapters, training teams, and cybersecurity communities one dependable platform for registration, challenge delivery, live leaderboards, report-driven exercises, and post-event insights.

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Trusted by university cybersecurity clubs, student chapters, and community organizers who value a professional event experience

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Why security teams choose CTF7

Support structured CTFs, collaborative hackathons, and realistic offensive security exercises from one platform.

Build skills with the cyber community

Join events created for students, clubs, and independent researchers who want collaborative practice, competitive experience, and measurable progress.

Compete in structured CTFs

Solve web, crypto, reverse engineering, pwn, forensics, and mixed-format challenges with live scoring and a clear path from onboarding to results.

Host organized cybersecurity events

Launch branded event pages, manage registrations and teams, and run leaderboards, challenge workflows, and recaps with less event-day overhead.

Explore event formats for cybersecurity training and competition

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Upcoming cybersecurity events

Online and on-campus opportunities

Online & on-campus

New events added regularly
Find your next CTF, hackathon, or workshop

Traditional CTF challenge tracks

Web, crypto, reverse engineering, pwn, and more

Beginner to advanced

Flexible scoring and challenge analytics
Build hands-on puzzle-based competitions

Raw Ops: anti-CTF bug hunting

Submit vulnerability reports, not flags

Raw Ops complements traditional CTF tracks with a report-driven format built to feel like a live target environment.

What the cybersecurity community values about CTF7

"CTF7 feels built by people who understand event operations. Registration, challenge delivery, and leaderboard updates stay organized, so teams can focus on solving, learning, and collaborating instead of fighting the platform."

Aether

Security researcher and CTF player

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Cybersecurity event infrastructure for modern organizers

Run CTFs, hackathons, and blended training programs on a platform built for registration, team management, challenge delivery, live leaderboards, and post-event reporting. CTF7 helps organizers deliver a smooth, credible participant experience without stitching together multiple tools.

From classic flag-based competition to Raw Ops report triage, teams can support multiple offensive security formats inside one operational workflow.

How CTF7 streamlines cybersecurity event delivery

Step 1: Launch a polished event page
Set up branding, access rules, and registration quickly

Create your event in minutes, add branding, publish clear registration details, and give participants a professional first impression without custom development.

Quick setup Custom branding
Step 2: Design challenge tracks
Create classic CTF categories or realistic Raw Ops targets

Build web, crypto, reverse engineering, and report-driven security exercises with consistent workflows that support both structured challenges and open-ended bug hunting.

Crypto

Protocols, logic, and cipher analysis

Web

Application testing and exploitation

Reverse

Binary analysis and code recovery

Raw Ops

Vulnerability reports and chaining

Step 3: Manage registration and teams
Keep registration, payments, and teams in one place

CTF7 centralizes signups, fee collection, team coordination, and organizer oversight so you can manage event logistics from one dashboard.

Team registration Fee collection Organizer dashboard
Step 4: Test workflows and prepare launch
Verify challenge visibility, access, and event-day readiness

Configure challenge visibility, validate the participant journey, and launch with confidence using tools designed for smooth event-day operations.

Launch checklist Challenge visibility Event-day readiness
Step 5: Run the event live
Monitor flags, reports, and leaderboard movement in real time

During live events, participants get a responsive competition interface while organizers track submissions, review Raw Ops reports, and maintain fair, transparent scoring.

Live leaderboards Submission review Report triage
Step 6: Review outcomes and improve the next event
Learn from solves, reports, rankings, and analytics

After the event, review challenge performance, leaderboard movement, vulnerability report quality, and participant activity to improve future competitions.

Solve trends Leaderboard insights

Ready to run a trusted cybersecurity event on CTF7?