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21 January 2025 · HKCERT

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The “HKCERT Capture the Flag Challenge 2024” Cybersecurity Seminar and Award Presentation Ceremony on 21 January 2025 closed a public skills contest that HKISG highlights as a talent signal, not as a product bake-off. Capture-the-flag events remain one of the few open ways Hong Kong students and juniors prove hands-on ability.

Why this programme matters in Hong Kong

Hiring managers still struggle to distinguish certificate collectors from people who can read a packet capture. A CERT-backed CTF ceremony is a community good: it celebrates skill, publishes themes, and gives schools a reason to fund labs. HKISG lists it to keep that pipeline visible.

Hong Kong operators — from licensed financial institutions to SMEs and public-sector teams — still need rooms where practitioners compare operated controls, not only product slides. HKISG publishes this briefing so members can decide whether attendance, a speaking note, or a post-event debrief belongs on their calendar.

Who should attend

University coaches, corporate intern managers, SOC hiring leads, and students who competed or want to compete next cycle.

Typical readers of this HKISG listing include CISOs, security architects, risk and compliance leads, SOC managers, and technology executives who own cyber and AI security outcomes in Hong Kong.

HKISG’s interest in this listing

HKISG highlights this public campaign because it reaches the same Hong Kong audience that our membership, education, and Trust Review programmes serve. Listing it here is community information sharing, not a claim that HKISG funds, judges, or operates the campaign.

HKISG does not sell speaking slots on this page. Treat the official event website as the live source of agenda, venue, speaker confirmation, and enrolment rules.

Themes practitioners should watch

Note which challenge categories dominated (web, crypto, forensics, AI-adjacent). Use them to refresh intern assignments and HKISG education pointers, not to copy live exploit recipes onto production networks.

After the session, capture a dated one-page note: what changed in your threat model, which control owner should act, and when you will review evidence. Pair that note with HKISG education, security bulletins, and the assessment methodology when the conversation touches Trust Review language.

How Hong Kong teams can take part

  1. Read this HKISG briefing for community context before you decide to travel, dial in, or send a colleague.
  2. Open the official event website hosted at hkcert.org for agenda, venue, and registration rules.
  3. Members who want a co-hosted briefing or a post-event note for the community may use the contact form. Proposals need identifiable organisers and a Hong Kong-relevant audience — not an undisclosed product pitch.
  4. If you are hiring or teaching, connect what you heard to HKCERT and HKISG so staff know when to escalate to the CERT versus when to use HKISG programme materials.

Official event website: hkcert.org
Programme questions: Contact HKISG

Editorial note

This page is published by the Hong Kong Information Security Group (HKISG) as a community briefing about “HKCERT Capture the Flag Challenge 2024” Cybersecurity Seminar and Award Presentation Ceremony (HKCERT). It is not a ticket office, a paid speaking marketplace, legal advice, or a substitute for HKCERT coordination. Agenda details can change; confirm them on the organiser’s website.