Black Hat MEA in collaboration with Saudi Federation for Cybersecurity, Programming & Drones (SAFCSP) will host a CTF Tournament and powered by FlagYard Platform, with over 1,000 participants (250 teams) entering the final stages at different levels of competency: amateur, intermediate and expert.

CTF competition run as a jeopardy-style competition and team based both in the qualification and final stages.
Participants will be challenged across a range of categories during the competition including Web, Reverse Engineering, PWN, Crypto and Forensics.

Qualification Round:
- Date: 24 hours from 01 Sep 2024, 10:00 GMT (01:00 PM KSA Time)
- Location: Online

Final Competition:
- Date: 26-28 Nov 2024 during Black Hat MEA conference
- Location: On-Site - Riyadh

*** The top 10 teams (if based outside of Riyadh) that qualify for the final round will have travel and accommodation sponsored by the organizers.***

Top 10 teams qualifying for the final round will have their flight tickets and accommodation sponsored by the organizers
Total Prizes for the BlackHat MEA CTF On-Site CTF will be 700,000 SAR (Approx. $187,000)

- 1st Place: 300,000 SAR (Approx. $80,000)
- 2nd Place: 200,000 SAR (Approx. $53,500)
- 3rd Place: 100,000 SAR (Approx. $26,500)
- 4th Place: 60,000 SAR (Approx. $16,000)
- 5th Place: 40,000 SAR (Approx. $10,500)