When incorporated into cybersecurity training and processes, CTF is a competition for both cybersecurity professionals and students alike. It is now also a video game mode and a method of computer learning. Two teams face off, each with a flag at homebase, and the objective was to take the other team’s flag. Capture the Flag is a game that has been played by children on school playgrounds and in backyards for years. Capture the Flag (CTF) is gamification of cybersecurity training.
