CanHack is divided into 60+ specific challenges spread across four levels, each advancing the story and increasing in difficulty. No experience, nor expertise is necessary and there is nothing to download!
Participants must reverse engineer, break, hack, decrypt, or do whatever it takes to solve the problem statement. At the end of the challenge, students will walk away with a basic understanding of cybersecurity systems and:
Explore new careers |
Leverage our up-to-date digital learning tools to teach the latest tech skills. Introduce students to career possibilities that exist in the growing cybersecurity field and computer science sector.
Access complimentary educational tools |
Access industry approved supplies, lesson plans and guides that cover everything from coding to computational skills in order to create a well-rounded experiential learning opportunities.
Learn cybersecurity skills |
Establish basic digital literacy, cybersecurity and privacy skills by providing hands-on learning for students and introduce them to experts in the field.
In order to participate students must adhere to the following criteria:
There is no fee to participate and students can sign up to compete until October 12, 2018. There is no limit to the number of teams that can represent a single school, and members do not have to attend the same school.
*Students and teams that do not meet these requirements can still participate, but will not be eligible to win contest prizes. Please see competition rules for details.
Canhack 2018 officially launches on September 28th, 2018. Registering below will confirm your entry into the competition. Please note, on September 28th at 12:00pm noon you must still register your team on the game site at picoctf.com.