{"id":217329,"date":"2026-02-25T12:17:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T17:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/25\/ctf-university-of-cincinnati\/"},"modified":"2026-02-25T12:30:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T17:30:10","slug":"ctf-university-of-cincinnati","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/25\/ctf-university-of-cincinnati\/","title":{"rendered":"CTF | University of Cincinnati"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uc.edu\/news\/articles\/2026\/02\/n21390938.html\">CTF | University of Cincinnati<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uc.edu\/news\/articles\/2026\/02\/n21390938.html\">https:\/\/www.uc.edu\/news\/articles\/2026\/02\/n21390938.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-02-25 12:17:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.uc.edu\">www.uc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.3px;\">At UC, students from University of Dayton, Reading High School, Great Oaks Career Campuses and Ohio University will join students at Clifton Court Hall, Room 1210 &#8211; Technology\u00a0Enhanced Active Learning Classroom; while students across Ohio can join virtually or at one of OCRI\u2019s Regional Programming Center locations: Cedarville University, Cleveland State University, Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland State\/Case Western IoT Collaborative), Kent State University, Lorain County Community College, The Ohio State University, Shawnee State University, Stark State College and The University of Akron.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Students from Cuyahoga Community College, Bowling Green State University, Miami University, The University of Findlay and Tiffin University will join virtually.<\/p>\n<p>OCRI\u2019s model of cyber education and workforce development unites higher education, K\u201312 schools, industry leaders, and government partners to ensure that all Ohio students have equitable access to cyber training and clear pathways into cybersecurity careers. \u201cThrough the Ohio Cyber Range Institute, we\u2019re able to connect every region of the state and support initiatives like our statewide Capture The Flag competition \u2014 helping strengthen and expand Ohio\u2019s cybersecurity workforce,\u201d said Bekah Michael, Executive Staff Director of OCRI.<\/p>\n<p>During the competition, students will practice offensive and defensive cybersecurity techniques using OCRI\u2019s Ohio Cyber Range platform. Challenges include digital forensics, encryption and password cracking, network traffic analysis, vulnerability identification, and reverse engineering. Prizes and certificates will be awarded for standout performance, and lunch and snacks will be provided at hosting locations.<\/p>\n<p>This event promotes teamwork, problem-solving, and hands-on experience in ethical hacking through real-world cybersecurity challenges.<\/p>\n<p>Event Overview<\/p>\n<p>Title: Capture Ohio \u201826: OCRI Statewide Capture The Flag (CTF)<\/p>\n<p>Date &#038; Time: 11 a.m.-4 p.m.,&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uc.edu\/news\/articles\/2026\/02\/n21390938.html\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CTF | University of Cincinnati https:\/\/www.uc.edu\/news\/articles\/2026\/02\/n21390938.html Publish Date: 2026-02-25 12:17:00 Source Domain: www.uc.edu At UC,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":217330,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.uc.edu\/content\/dam\/uc\/news\/cech\/ocri\/OCRI-CTF.png\/_jcr_content\/renditions\/cq5dam.web.1280.1280.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[27],"class_list":["post-217329","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cybersecurity","tag-vulnerability"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217329"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=217329"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217329\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":217331,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217329\/revisions\/217331"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/217330"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=217329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=217329"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=217329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}