📌 About the Event

Heist Protocol is the ultimate high stakes cybersecurity showdown at BIZNOVEXA. Blending the wizardry of “Defense Against the Dark Arts” with a brutal Squid Game theme, this Capture The Flag (CTF) competition forces participants to “survive” through technical mastery. You will face progressively lethal security challenges from simple encoding to deep-level reverse engineering where only the fastest and most analytical minds will advance to the final round.

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ℹ️ Event Details

• Category: 4 Round “Survival” Capture The Flag (CTF)
• Organizer: Dept. of CSBS, Ramco Institute of Technology
• Venue: OOPS Lab
• Timing: 11:00 AM to 01:00 PM
• Team Size: Strictly 3 Members per team
• Effort Level: Very High (Mental stamina and diverse security skills)

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📅 Important Date

• Event Date: April 10, 2026
• Mode: Offline (On campus lab environment)

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🏆 Prize Pool

• 🥇 1st Place: Shield (Team) + Achievement Certificate
• 🥈 2nd Place: Shield (Team) + Achievement Certificate
• 🏅 Participation: Official Certificates for all “Players” (Participants).

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🚀 The Survival Rounds (Squid Game Theme)

Level	Title	Difficulty	Challenge
Round 1	Red Light, Green Light	Normal	4 Cards: Basic puzzles and quick-fire logic challenges.
Round 2	Dalgona Candy	Difficult	3 Cards: Pattern recognition and intricate encoding/decoding.
Round 3	Tug of War	Hard	2 Cards: Network security and identifying vulnerabilities.
Round 4	Squid Game	Pro	1 Card: The final boss—complex reverse engineering.

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📜 Survival Guidelines

• Elimination: You must complete the required number of challenges (cards) within each round to “survive” and move to the next “room.”
• Scoring: The team with the highest total points accumulated across all survival rounds will be declared the champion.
• Integrity: Any “cheating” or communication between teams is grounds for immediate elimination from the game.

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📞 Contact the Game Masters (Coordinators)

• Student Coordinators: Kaviya N, Kathirvel G
• Faculty Coordinator: Mrs. M. Preethi Ram
• General Queries: Yashwin V (+91 82488 18119)