Great Lakes Host Director: Kenneth Atchinson katchins@bw.edu
Global CPTC Directors Mailing List: directors@globalcptc.org

Global CPTC Website: https://cp.tc
Global CPTC Twitter: https://twitter.com/globalcptc

The Collegiate Penetration Testing Competition (CPTC) focuses on training and evaluating the activities teams are likely to perform during a real-world penetration testing engagement.

At its heart, CPTC is a bit different from several other collegiate Cybersecurity competitions. Instead of defending your network, searching for flags, or claiming ownership of systems, CPTC focuses on mimicking the activities performed during a real-world penetration testing engagement conducted by companies, professional services firms, and internal security departments around the world.

Date:

Engagement - Saturday, October 18, 2025
Closing Ceremonies - Sunday, October 19, 2025

Austin E. Knowlton Center
Baldwin Wallace University
370 Front Street
Berea, Ohio 44017

COMPETITION SCHEDULE

Saturday, October 18, 2025 - COMPETITION DAY

8:00am - Doors open, Breakfast is served
9:00am - Opening Ceremonies
9:25am - Teams Sent to Rooms
9:30am - Engagement Starts
12:00pm - Lunch is served (Teams continue working)
5:30pm - Engagement Ends; Students to clean rooms
5:45pm - End of Day Debriefing with the OuiCroissant Team
6:00pm - Teams released to report

Sunday, October 19, 2025 - CLOSING CEREMONIES & AWARDS

1:00am - Report Due

12:00pm - Doors open; Lunch Served
1:00pm - Q&A with Regional Teams
2:00pm - Awards Begins
2:30pm - End of Competition

Baldwin Wallace University
Cedarville University
Depaul University
Illinois Institute of Technology
Indiana Institute of Technology
Purdue University
Rochester Institute of Technology
University of Florida
University of North Texas
University of Northern Iowa

TrustedSec

Information Security Summit

Northeast Ohio CyberConsortium

BW ACM Chapter

Black Hills Information Security, Inc https://www.blackhillsinfosec.com/

Department of Computer Science https://www.bw.edu/academics/undergraduate/computer-science/

School of Science and Engineering https://www.bw.edu/schools/school-science-engineering/

Department of Computer Science https://www.bw.edu/academics/undergraduate/computer-science/

Information Technology Department @ BW https://help.bw.edu/hc/en-us