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# [Collegiate Penetration Testing Competition](https://cp.tc)

## About CPTC

CPTC is a bit different from several other collegiate Cybersecurity competitions: 
Instead of defending your network, searching for flags, or claiming ownership of 
systems, CPTC focuses on mimicking the activities performed during a real-world 
penetration testing engagement conducted by companies, professional services 
firms, and internal security departments around the world.

Each year our volunteers and sponsors develop an immersive mock organization which 
is seeking penetration testing services. Competitors play the role of a consulting 
firm that is providing this service to our organization. 

## The CPTC Huggingface Organization

CPTC uses the Huggingface platform in support of its goal of helping teach the next 
generation of cybersecurity professionals. Additionally, CPTC releases the data
from competition events publicly, to foster cutting-edge [research](https://cp.tc/research) 
and development of new security techniques and tools.