Welcome to Capture the Flag at Cisco Live EMEA 2025 in Amsterdam!

Presenting Hands-on Labs and other Activities in a Gamified Way

Earn Cisco Continuing Education Credits by playing Capture the Flag Missions at Cisco Live.
Redeem them to renew your Cisco Certifications!

This year's CTF theme is the Power of AI, allowing you to experience AI capabilities in Cisco Solutions.


What is CTF?

CTF Logo

Challenge yourself on various Cisco platforms and solutions through real lab challenges (called Missions).

Collect points while completing the Missions to earn a spot on the Capture the Flag leaderboard.


What are the Available Tracks?

* Networking

  • Secure Campus
  • SD-WAN and SASE
  • ThousandEyes
  • Wi-Fi 7 and Cisco Spaces

* Security

  • Breach Protection
  • Breach Protection by Cisco XDR
  • Cloud Protection
  • Network Security
  • Splunk New
  • User Protection

* Collaboration

  • Webex Calling
  • Webex Connect
  • Webex Contact Center
  • Webex Suite

* Data Center & Cloud

  • AI-ready Data Centers
  • Compute
  • Integrations
  • Networking

* Offensive Security & Forensics

  • Red Team

Activities:

* Picture Perfect AI Prompt New

* Design Clinic

* IoT Hacking

* Lock Picking

A Special:

* CTF Theater


Prizes


Learn, Play and Get your name on top on the CTF Leaderboards to Win a #CiscoCTF Challenge Coin and a Cisco Certification Exam Voucher

Top 3 Players on the All-in-One CTF Leaderboard,
Top 2 Players on each of the 5 x CTF Technology Track Leaderboards,
Top 3 Players on the Cisco Partner-Only Leaderboard, and
Top 1 Player on each of the 4 x EXPERT CTF Technology Track Leaderboards. New

Awards Ceremony will be held on Thursday February 13 at 4:30 PM Thursday February 13 at 4:30 PM at the CTF Booth in The World of Solutions Hall 3.

The CUT-OFF TIME to decide the winners will be 3:30 PM on Thursday February 13. 3:30 PM on Thursday February 13.


Leaderboard

Here are the different leaderboards tracking scores and winners under different categories:

The Aggregation of Everything All-in-One CTF Leaderboard

The CTF Technology Track Leaderboards
Networking Security Data Center and Cloud Collaboration Offensive Security and Forensics

Special for our Partners Cisco Partners-Only CTF Leaderboard

The EXPERT CTF Technology Track Leaderboards New
Networking Expert Security Expert Data Center and Cloud Expert Collaboration Expert


Play in any order. Play as long as you want, and continue later from where you left off.

Time and Place

Monday, February 11 - 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Tuesday, February 12 - 9:30 a.m. – 7 p.m.
Wednesday, February 13 - 9 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Thursday, February 14 - 9 a.m. - 6:30 p.m.

Capture the Flag Booth is located in the World of Solutions, Hall 3, at the RAI, Amsterdam.

Please note that you must to be physically present in the CTF Booth to be able to play CTF.


Networking Track Networking Expert Secure Campus ThousandEyes SD-WAN and SASE Wi-Fi 7 andCisco Spaces Security Track Security Expert Security withSplunk Breach Protectionby Cisco XDR Breach Protection User Protection Cloud Protection Network Security Data Center andCloud Track Data Centerand Cloud Expert Networking Compute Integrations AI-Ready Data Centers Collaboration Track Webex Collaboration Expert Webex Connect WebexContact Center Webex Suite WebexCalling Offensive Securityand Forensics Track Red Team Lock Picking IoT Hacking Design Clinic Picture PerfectAI Prompt CTF Theater

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