Are you interested in participating in a CTF competition but did not know how? Welcome to the (ISC)2 Tampa Chapter CTF Academy. This is a series of courses that will prepare the novice in some of the skills and tools used in a CTF competition. Upon the completion of the course the student will be familiar with some of the most common penetration techniques and skills needed to compete in a CTF competition.

The Academy consist of several courses spread out through 6 months. Each month is dedicated to a separate topic, ranging from Linux/Unix skills to Exploitation & Post Exploitation. In order to complete the course, the student will participate in a actual CTF at BSides Tampa.

September

September 10 & 24: 4-hour class

** You only need to register for 1 section, you do not need to register for both the Sept 10th and 24th class.**

Linux/UNIX Foundational Skills

*nix commands, Bash shell scripting, Files, Permissions, Directory structure and tools

October

October 8 & 22: 4 Hour class

Programming for Pen Testers

Common programming Foundations, Python, Perl, Powershell

November

November 12: 8-hour class

Reconnaissance/Information Gathering

DNS Harvesting, NMAP, Nikto Exploit-DB, Google Dorks, Web Scraping

December

December 10: 8-hour class

Web Application Hacking

BurpSuite, OWASP ZAP

January

January 7 & 21: 4-hour class

Pen Tester Arsenal

Metasploit, John The Ripper, Hydra, SQLMap

February

February 4: 8-hour class

Exploitation & Post Exploitation

Injection, AuthN Bypass, Web Shells, Exfiltration, Privilege Escalation (getting root)