Contact

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

Global Info

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.

Great Lakes Regional Event Details & Schedule

Date:

Location: Competition is in-person hosted at

Timezone: EASTERN

Hotel Accomodations: BW is close to the following areas that have some great accomodations

Berea, Ohio
Cleveland Hopkins Airport
Middleburg Hts, Ohio
North Olmstead, Ohio
Strongsville, Ohio

COMPETITION SCHEDULE

Saturday, October 24, 2026 - COMPETITION DAY

Sunday, October 25, 2026 - CLOSING CEREMONIES & AWARDS

Competing Teams

Baldwin Wallace University
DePaul University
Dakota State University
Illinois Institute of Technology
Indiana Institute of Technology
The Pennsylvania State University
Purdue University
Rochester Institute of Technology
University of Akron
University of North Texas