Playground CTF

CTF from 16:00 onwards (online) in the Teams/Discord channels and physically in Norwegian Cyber Range

Information

 

We invite all students to participate in our regular security training series. Build, solve, and test in a professional cyber range environment.

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NCR CTF

Solve complex security challenges

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NCR Hackathon

Develop secure applications

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NCR ST

Professional security testing

Logistics

When Bi-weekly Wednesdays @ 16:00
Win Knowledge is the prize — everyone wins!

Locations

  • 📍 Gjøvik: NCR / Login Lounge 🍕
  • 📍 Trondheim: VE20
  • 🌐 Online: Discord

Note: No gift cards this semester, but high-quality training and pizza are provided for physical attendees.

Event Calender

 

 

Daily Event Format

16:00 – 16:30 Introduction Lecture
16:30 – 21:00 Main Event: CTF / Hackathon / ST

Autumn 2026 Calendar

Month
Dates (Wednesdays)
August
26 Aug
September
09 Sep   |   23 Sep
October
07 Oct   |   21 Oct
November
04 Nov   |   18 Nov

Alumni

Alumni

Autumn 2024
Bjørn Morten Moan, Erik Alvhiem
Spring 2024
Bjørn Morten Moan, Erik Alvhiem
Spring 2023
Kristoffer Fagerbekk, Marius Ødegård Lindvall, Anders Wormdal Moen
Spring 2022
Laszlo Erdodi
Autumn 2021
Mohamed Hassan Said

Achievements

Achievements

Year
Competition / Participation
Result & Honors
2024
CYBERUS CTF 🇫🇷
First Place 🥇
 
DREAM CTF (Organizers - 🇩🇰 🇳🇴 🇪🇪)
Organized 🛠️
 
DEFCON Presentation 🇺🇸
Speaker 🎤
 
BlackHat Presentation 🇸🇦
Speaker 🎤
 
Defcamp CTF Qualification 🇷🇴
Qualified ✅
2023
ALPACA Odyssey CTF 🇫🇷
First Place 🥇
 
Equinor CTF 🇳🇴
Second Place 🥈
 
DEFCON CTF Qualification 🇺🇸
Qualified ✅
 
Internet Festival Qualification 🇮🇹
Qualified ✅
 
34C3 CTF Participation 🇩🇪
Participated ✅
2022
Zerodays CTF 🇮🇪
1st & 2nd Place 🥇🥈
 
Equinor CTF 🇳🇴
1st, 2nd, 3rd Place 🥇🥈🥉
 
HacktheBox University CTF 🌎
Top 100 🏆

Management Team

Management Team

Access & Collaboration

The NCR Playground is available for professional, academic, and research purposes. External parties and internal staff are invited to leverage the facility for testing, education, and development.


Primary Use Cases

  • Corporate: Security assessment and vulnerability testing for commercial products.

  • Educational: Integration of the Playground into course curricula and student labs.

  • Research: Prototyping and validating new cybersecurity frameworks or tools.


Contact Information

To request access or discuss a potential collaboration, please contact the following coordinators:

  • Muhammad Mudassar Yamin

  • Christian Johansen