Competition

Competition Dates

The CyberTitan and CyberPatriot competiton timeline.

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Competition

Training Events

Training Events for 2022-23

May 18 - Jun 17, 2022
Start: May 18 @ 5:00 PM ET
End: Jun 17 @ 11:59 PM ET

Exhibition Round 1

Practice and Recruiting. Images and download instructions emailed to coaches of registered teams no later than 5pm on round start date.

Jul 20 - Aug 21, 2022
Start: Jul 20 @ 5:00 PM ET
End: Aug 21 @ 11:59 PM ET

Exhibition Round 2

Practice and Recruiting. Images and download instructions emailed to coaches of registered teams no later than 5pm on round start date.

Sept 8 - Oct 2, 2022
Start: Sep 8 @ 5:00 PM ET
End: Oct 2 @ 11:59 PM ET

Training Round

Training images with answer keys available.

TBD
Start: 9:00 AM ET
End: 9:00 PM ET

Sneak Preview

Practice/Test New Software. One Day - No Alternate Dates.

Scores do not count toward competition.

Sept 29 - Oct 7, 2022
Start: Sept 29 @ 5:00 PM ET
End: Oct 7 @ 11:59 PM ET

Practice Round

Re-release of training images with answer keys available.

Scores do not count toward competition.

Mar 17 - 21, 2023

CyberPatriot National Finals Competition (US)

National Finalist teams compete for National Championship in their respective divisions.

Competition Events

Teams may compete during the following times on competition weekends. All times are US Eastern Time.

Friday, 9:00 AM - Saturday, 3:00 AM ET
Saturday, 8:00 AM - Saturday, 11:59 PM ET
Sunday, 10:00 AM - Sunday, 10:00 PM ET

Please refer to Chapter 4 of the Cyberpatriot rules book for procedures concerning severe weather and emergencies.

NOTE: Scheduling conflicts are not considered emergencies).

Competition Dates
Dates are tentative - May be subject to change

Oct 14 - 16, 2022

& Oct 20 - 21, 2022*

Round 1 (All teams participate)

All teams may compete. Tests basic of cybersecurity skills. Because of Fall Break for many teams, Round 1 will have additional competition windows during Oct. 20-21. Teams may choose their competition period from any of the competition windows for Round 1. TEAMS MAY COMPETE ONLY ONCE IN ROUND 1. The Download instructions will be the same for all Round 1 dates. Sneak Peeks or Premature image openings will result in penalties for teams.

Image download instructions and links are sent to Coaches at 5 PM ET, on or before the Monday prior to the competition round. The StartEx email with the password to the images is sent to teams at 9 AM ET the Friday of the competition round.

Nov 4 - 6, 2022

Round 2 (All teams participate)

All teams may compete even if they did not compete in Round 1 or had a low score. More difficult than Round 1, to allow teams to be divided into skill-level tiers for the Round 3.

Image download instructions and links are sent to Coaches at 5 PM ET, the Friday prior to competition round. The StartEx email with the password to the images is sent to teams at 9 AM ET the Friday of the competition round.

Dec 9 - 11, 2022

State Round (All teams participate)

All teams may compete even if they did not compete in Round 1 or had a low score. More difficult than Round 2, to allow teams to be divided into skill-level tiers for the next Round.

January 20-21, 2023

(Two Days only)

Semifinals

Top teams compete for Tier Awards. Platinum Tier and top Middle School Division teams compete for advancement to the National Finals Competition.

February 2023

CyberTitan National Finals

10 Canadian Teams invited to the CyberTitan National Finals

Mar 17-21, 2023

CyberPatriot National Finals

National Finalist teams compete for National Championship in their respective divisions.

May 8, 2023

CyberTitan Finals

CyberTitan VI is May 8, 2023. For more information on our guest speakers and schedule, keep an eye on our ICTC social media or email cybertitan@ictc-ctic.ca

May 9, 2023

CyberTitan Summit

Join security experts, government officials, and industry thought leaders from May 9, 2023 for ICTC’s Cybersecurity Summit.