Custom CTF events, authored and run end to end.
We design, build, and operate bespoke Capture The Flag events for universities, companies, and communities, from a single-day recruitment challenge to a multi-track championship. Original challenges authored by working operators, a managed platform with a live scoreboard, and a staffed war-room throughout. You bring the goal and the audience; we handle the rest.
- Managed CTF Platform Instance
- Bespoke Challenge Set
- Staffed Live Event Operations
- Writeups & Learning Pack
- Talent & Performance Report
Custom CTF events that surface real talent and build hands-on security culture.
A capture-the-flag event is one of the most honest tests of security skill there is: no slideware and no self-reported ratings, just people solving real problems against the clock. HACK KAP designs and runs custom CTFs end to end: original challenges, a managed competition platform, a live scoreboard, and staffed live operations, all tuned to what you are actually trying to achieve.
Organizations use CTFs to identify and hire hard-to-find talent, to sharpen and bond internal security and engineering teams, to give students hands-on experience that lectures cannot, and to build a security culture people genuinely want to take part in. Whether it is a recruitment drive, a conference headline event, a university championship, or an internal upskilling day, the format flexes to the objective.
Because our team builds and breaks systems for a living, the challenges stay current and credible, and because we operate our own hands-on labs and live competition platform, every event launches on infrastructure we run daily. You walk away with a well-run event and evidence you can act on afterward.
What we test and deliver
Depth over checklists. Every capability below is hands-on work performed and validated by our engineers.
Multi-Category Challenge Authoring
Original challenges across web exploitation, binary exploitation (pwn), reverse engineering, cryptography, forensics, cloud, networking, and OSINT.
Flexible Event Formats
Jeopardy-style boards, attack-defense, and king-of-the-hill, as individual or team play, sized from a handful of participants to hundreds.
Difficulty Calibration & Dynamic Scoring
A tuned difficulty curve from beginner on-ramps to expert chains, with dynamic and decay scoring that keeps the board competitive across skill levels.
Realistic Scenario Design
Challenges modeled on real vulnerability classes and adversary techniques, informed by OWASP and MITRE ATT&CK, rather than abstract textbook puzzles.
Isolation & Scale
Per-team containerized challenge instances so exploitation is safe, reproducible, and free of collisions, with capacity provisioned to your expected turnout.
Integrity & Anti-Cheat Controls
Submission monitoring, flag handling and rotation where relevant, and flag-sharing detection so final standings are trustworthy.
Who it's for
- Companies hiring security, engineering, or red-team talent who want to evaluate skill in practice rather than on paper
- Internal security and engineering teams looking to upskill, pressure-test, and bond through a shared technical challenge
- Universities and academic programs that want to engage students with realistic, hands-on security work
- Conferences, developer communities, and industry groups running a headline competition or side event
- Employer-branding and developer-relations teams who want to reach and impress technical audiences
Why HACK KAP
- Challenges are authored by our practicing offensive-security and reverse-engineering team: original, current, and playtested, never scraped from public archives.
- We operate our own hands-on labs (app.hackkap.com) and live competition platform (ctf.hackkap.com), so events launch on infrastructure we run every day.
- Every challenge ships with a verified intended solve path and is stress-tested before a single player sees it.
- Scenario and challenge design mirrors real vulnerability classes and adversary behavior, aligned to OWASP and MITRE ATT&CK.
- Fully staffed live operations: a dedicated team owns the scoreboard, infrastructure, and player support for the entire event window.
Exactly what you receive
No vague promises. Each engagement produces concrete, shareable artifacts your team, auditors, and customers can rely on.
Managed CTF Platform Instance
A hosted, ready-to-run event on our competition platform (ctf.hackkap.com) with team registration, submission handling, and a live scoreboard, optionally themed to your brand.
Bespoke Challenge Set
An original slate of challenges authored specifically for your audience and objectives, each with a verified intended solve path and calibrated point value.
Staffed Live Event Operations
A monitored war-room for the full event window: infrastructure health, scoreboard integrity, hint dispatch, and a support channel for players.
Writeups & Learning Pack
Full solution writeups and skill notes released to participants after close, so the event doubles as a concrete learning artifact.
Talent & Performance Report
Per-player and per-team analytics (solve history, category strengths, solve times, and flagged standouts) turning a leaderboard into a shortlist recruiters can use.
Event Branding & Comms Kit
A cohesive challenge narrative, scoreboard styling, and announcement assets in your branding or ours, ready for internal or public promotion.
Our engagement methodology
A transparent, repeatable process. You always know what's happening, what's next, and where you stand.
- 01
Discovery & Objective Mapping
We agree on the goal (hiring, team-building, security culture, student engagement, or brand) and lock the audience skill level, format, participant count, date, and budget.
- 02
Event Design & Challenge Authoring
We design the challenge slate, narrative, category mix, and scoring model, then author original challenges calibrated to your audience and objectives.
- 03
Platform Build & Playtesting
We deploy the platform and scoreboard and QA every challenge, confirming the intended solve path works, points are fair, and there are no unintended shortcuts or breaks before players arrive.
- 04
Live Event Operations
We run the event from a staffed war-room: monitoring infrastructure and the scoreboard, issuing hints, handling player support, and safeguarding integrity throughout.
- 05
Debrief, Analytics & Handover
After close we deliver the talent and performance report and participant writeups, walk you through the results, and can package reusable content for future events.
Questions, answered
The things teams most often ask before an engagement. Don't see yours? Just reach out.
Lead time scales with scope. A focused single-day Jeopardy event with a modest challenge set can typically be delivered in a couple of weeks, while larger multi-track or attack-defense events with heavy custom authoring need more runway for design and playtesting. Share your target date at the start and we will confirm a realistic timeline in discovery.
Capture The Flag (CTF) Events & Competitions
Have a date, an audience, or a hiring goal in mind? Let's design a CTF around it.