Introduction
The NCL is a defensive and offensive puzzle-based, capture-the-flag style cybersecurity competition. Its virtual training ground helps high school and college students prepare and test themselves against cybersecurity challenges that they will likely face in the workforce. All participants play the games simultaneously during Preseason, Individual Game and Team Game.
Ranking
The preseason round is individual, thus I competed alone. I got 14th place out of 5356 competitiors. I was one of the few (under 20) competitors to max the competition. (1760/1760)
Within my high school, I got 1st out of 38 competitors.
Scoring Report
The scoring report shows how I personally did compared to several others competing in the same competition.
Here is the overall scoring report (every category):
Here are the reports for each category.
Crypto:
Enumeration and Exploitation:
Getting Started:
Log Analysis:
Network Traffic Analysis:
Conclusion
I was placed into the Gold Bracket (the highest of three tiers: Bronze, Silver Gold) for the Individual Game.
