InCTF - India's First National Level CTF Style Ethical Hacking contest

You are aware of the exponential rate of growth of cyber crimes and huge number of websites getting defaced (statistics in http://www.cert-in.org.in/)

Here is a recent article

http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/india-not-ready-for-cyberwar/384506/
http://business.rediff.com/report/2010/feb/04/tech-india-not-ready-for-cyberwar.htm

One of the main problems is that security and secure coding practices are not taught in the undergraduate curriculum. As a result when students start to code they don't even think of security. With this in mind we are conducting India's first National Level CTF sytle Ethical Hacking contest where students will learn about secure coding practices.There are ethical hacking contests conducted in India but most of them require exorbitant amount of money to take part and travel to one of the metros.

InCTF is mainly targeted for students who don't know anything about security. Prerequisite is knowledge of any programming language.

InCTF is being organized by Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham University.
This is opened only for Students and the details are as follows:

(a) Form a team (max five members from your college)
(b) Approach a faculty/mentor and request him/her to mentor your team
(c) Register online at http://inctf.amrita.ac.in/register.php
(d) Send a demand draft for and amount of Rs. 150/- per team to the address mentioned.
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