UACTF Visits Montgomery, AL for the First Time!
Posted on September 6, 2025
The 2025-2026 year is in full swing here at the University of Alabama, and our Crimson Defense members are already working hard to make this another successful year. This past Wednesday, August 27th, our members traveled to the state capital to organize and administer a Capture the Flag event, the first we've done outside of Tuscaloosa!
Hosted by TECHMGM and the United States Air Force, InnovateDAFITC is an annual hackathon. This year it was a cyber challenge event where high school students learn and gain firsthand experience solving Jeopardy-style cyber problems through our event, UACTF. We had high schools from Montgomery and its surrounding counties attend this competition. Students got to solve challenges from the following categories:
Open-Source Intelligence, Cryptography, Steganography, Reverse Engineering, Forensics, Password Cracking, Log & Network Analysis, and Web Exploits.
This Capture the Flag event was a little different from our annual UACTF competition that we host in the spring. Teams had the opportunity to work with an industry mentor who assisted and guided them through the challenges.
Our club members created challenges, administered problems, troubleshooted, and more during the competition. This event was a great success thanks to them. Without the help of our members, this event would not have been possible.
We hope the teams had a great time at this event and look forward to seeing them at our spring competition!
You can read more about our outreach efforts on our Outreach page.