# Cybersecurity Competition **Domain:** Cybersecurity / Tournament design **Doc Type:** Developed Wiki Node **Maturity:** Developed **Collection:** [[collections/Gamification|Gamification Collection]] ## Definition A **cybersecurity competition** is a bounded contest testing defensive or offensive technical skill under defined targets, rules, scoring, and authorization. ## Significance Competitions can educate, recruit, discover capability, or produce useful security work; those functions require separate evidence. ## Sources - [[articles/gamification/Lex Sportiva and Winning Without Bloodshed|Lex Sportiva and Winning Without Bloodshed]] - [Primary or institutional source](https://www.cisa.gov/cybersecurity-education-career-development) ## Routes [[wiki/Capture the Flag|Capture the Flag]] · [[wiki/Security Audit Competition|Security Audit Competition]] · [[wiki/Gamified Elicitation and Selection|Gamified Elicitation and Selection]] · [[articles/gamification/Lex Sportiva and Winning Without Bloodshed|Lex Sportiva and Winning Without Bloodshed]]