Capture the Flag by Corelight & DTG - STC Cyber Series Event

Description

Let the hacking, begin! Join us for Taps & Hacks a ‘Capture the Flag’ threat hunting experience hosted by Corelight, DTG and Springfield Tech Council on Thursday, Sept 17th. Taps & Hacks... hacking at a brewery! Drinks, food and a friendly hunt will be held at Mothers Brewery. 

Put your threat hunting skills to the test and compete head-to-head with your peers in this hands-on simulation. You’ll face dozens of security challenges using Corelight Zeek, simulating real-world incident response and hunting query scenarios. 

Corelight experts will be on hand to guide players of all skill levels. 

For those that attend the Hunter Games, you could win prizes by earning points for accuracy and speed as you keep up with our real-time group leaderboard. Play to win some cool prizes and play to learn!

1st place - Nintendo Switch 2
2nd place - Outlin Espresso Machine
3rd place - $100 Amazon gift card

**As an added bonus, by attending this event and participating in the CTF, you will earn 2 CPE credits!** 

Free to members and non-members. 

Venue:

Mothers Brewing Company
215 S. Grant Ave
Springfield, MO 65806

Date/Time:
Thursday, Sept 17th
2:00 - 5:00 pm CT
*Food, drinks & beer provided*

This event is part of our 2026 Cyber Community Series, sponsored by Distributed Technology Group. Thank you to DTG!

Please note: This event is for adults ages 21+ and is not a student-focused event.