Arctis/
A student-run cybersecurity foundation in the Bay Area. We run weekly labs, compete in CTFs and CyberPatriot, and get students to security conferences. No experience needed to join, and it does not cost anything.
What we do
- labs
- Weekly hands-on sessions — OverTheWire, TryHackMe, Hack The Box, and attack/defense drills.
- competitions
- CyberPatriot in the fall, picoCTF in the spring. Entry is free.
- conferences
- We take students to security conferences when we can get the tickets covered.
What we have done
all →Twelve students at BSidesSF 2026
Twelve of us went to the Metreon for the weekend. Sponsors covered every ticket.
First place at GrassHack
We won the CTF. Several people on the team had never competed before.
picoCTF 2026 and StangHack
We entered both. No placements, but useful practice.
RSA Conference
A day on the expo floor talking to people in the industry.
Coming up
- CyberPatriot XIX ↗
Qualification rounds, All Service Division. Teams of six harden a set of misconfigured virtual machines against a clock.
- picoCTF 2027 ↗
The spring CTF. Open to anyone in the club who wants to enter.
Meetings are at lunch on campus. To join, fill in the form and you will get a Discord invite. Join →