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Capture the Flag & Escape Room Challenges

Compete in small teams to solve a variety of challenges leveraging our biggest security module, Threat Response. The top 5 teams will progress on to Tanium's NEW Escape Room Challenge to battle it out for ultimate bragging rights!


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Immerse yourself in real-world cybersecurity scenarios!

Secure your spot in Tanium’s Capture the Flag and Escape Room Challenges! This 2-part competition pits small teams of up to 4 against each other to solve a variety of progressively difficult challenges, leveraging our biggest security module, Threat Response. 

PART ONE: CAPTURE THE FLAG – Wednesday, 1/18  

  • Kick-off: 7:00 AM PT/ 10:00 AM ET 
  • Wrap-up: 11:30 AM PT/ 2:30 PM ET 
During this event, you will:
  • Investigate intrusions on Windows, Linux, and macOS Endpoints
  • Perform alert triage and host investigations
  • Undergo Threat Hunting on Windows and Linux Endpoints
  • Investigate various Lateral Movement techniques
  • Triage and investigate Windows, Linux, and macOS Endpoints
  • Perform PCAP Analysis
  • Execute Log Analysis
  • Conduct Memory Analysis

PART TWO: ESCAPE ROOM – Wednesday, 1/25 

  • Kick-off: 8:00 AM PT/ 11:00 AM ET 

*NEW* The top five Capture the Flag teams will qualify to compete for ultimate bragging rights (and some really awesome swag) in Tanium’s Escape Room challenge!

Overview: Tanium’s Escape Room consists of four custom Escape Room environments, each containing a series of challenges to work through before progressing to the new room – all before the 2-hour clock runs out! 

This winner-take-all event consists of:
  • 5 rooms to escape 
  • 4 fun Hallways  
  • 24 puzzles in total 

Who Should Attend: 

This challenge is intended for Incident Response teams and SOC operators/managers. Completion of Hands-on Hunting or experience with the Tanium platform is a suggested prerequisite. 

Participants from the 2022 Converge Capture the Flag challenge are not eligible to win or move on to the Escape room challenge. If a team includes any Converge CtF participants, the entire team is ineligible.

Please note: Registration will close at 5:00 PM PT, Friday, January 6th.