Competitions and Events

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Events

Home to nationally recognized Attack/Defense competitions, Capture the Flags, and our exclusive Career Fair Eve networking event.

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RITSEC CTF

• Virtual • Public

A massive, 48-hour global jeopardy competition that invites hackers of all skill levels to solve challenges in crypto, reverse engineering, and exploitation. It serves as a community celebration, prioritizing pure technical problem-solving and trivia over the business simulation aspects of other events.

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RITSEC CTF

Career Fair Eve

• In Person • RITSEC Only

Held the day before RIT’s general career fair, this exclusive event connects RITSEC members directly with security-focused recruiters and alumni. It bypasses generic HR screens, allowing students to have technical conversations that often lead directly to interviews and offers.

Career Fair Eve

IRSEC

• Rochester, NY • RITSEC Only

The ultimate entry-level defense competition, pitting student defenders against a live Red Team in a strictly defensive environment. It focuses entirely on procedure, requiring teams to identify breaches, maintain uptime, and file professional incident response reports without the distraction of offensive tasks.

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IRSEC

Information Security Talent Search

• Rochester, NY • Invite-Only

RITSEC’s premier “Purple Team” competition where student Blue Teams defend a corporate network while simultaneously hacking their competitors in a King of the Hill battle. It combines technical defense with a chaotic narrative “Game” involving social engineering and physical security injects.

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Information Security Talent Search

Virtual Career Fair Eve

• In Person • RITSEC Only

The “early bird” remote recruiting event connecting students with West Coast tech giants and government agencies via Zoom. It allows for distraction-free, 1:1 technical screenings with employers who cannot travel to Rochester, ensuring geography doesn’t limit career opportunities.

Virtual Career Fair Eve

Information Security Talent Search Qualifiers

• Virtual • Invite-Only

A high-stakes virtual defense competition that acts as the gatekeeper for the main ISTS event in the spring. Modeled after IRSEC, it filters teams strictly on their technical ability to patch and report vulnerabilities, ensuring only the most capable squads make the final roster.

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Information Security Talent Search Qualifiers