C SA W ▁( Cy ber ▁Security ▁A war eness ▁Week ), ▁the ▁largest ▁student ▁cy ber - security ▁contest . ▁ ▁Hard ware ▁challeng es ▁usually ▁involve ▁getting ▁an ▁unknown ▁piece ▁of ▁hardware ▁and ▁having ▁to ▁figure ▁out ▁how ▁to ▁by pass ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁security , ▁e . g . ▁using ▁debugging ▁ports ▁or ▁using ▁a ▁Side - channel ▁attack . ▁ ▁Je op ard y ! - style ▁compet itions ▁usually ▁involve ▁multiple ▁categories ▁of ▁problems , ▁each ▁of ▁which ▁contains ▁a ▁variety ▁of ▁questions ▁of ▁different ▁point ▁values ▁and ▁difficulties . ▁Teams ▁attempt ▁to ▁ear n ▁the ▁most ▁points ▁in ▁the ▁competition ' s ▁time ▁frame ▁( for ▁example ▁ 2 4 ▁hours ), ▁but ▁do ▁not ▁directly ▁attack ▁each ▁other . ▁R ather ▁than ▁a ▁race , ▁this ▁style ▁of ▁game ▁play ▁encourag es ▁taking ▁time ▁to ▁approach ▁challeng es ▁and ▁prior it izes ▁quantity ▁of ▁correct ▁subm issions ▁over ▁the ▁timing . ▁ ▁There ▁is ▁a ▁fourth ▁type ▁of ▁C TF , ▁most ▁commonly ▁referred ▁to ▁as ▁King ▁of ▁the ▁Hill ▁( K ot H ). ▁King ▁of ▁the ▁Hill ▁is ▁similar ▁to ▁Att ack / Def end , ▁but ▁instead ▁of ▁everyone ▁having ▁their ▁own ▁machine ▁( or ▁small ▁network ) ▁to ▁defend , ▁there ▁are ▁only ▁pre config ured ▁ones , ▁which ▁require ▁all ▁teams ▁to ▁explo it ▁them . ▁Once ▁a ▁team ▁has ▁successfully ▁taken ▁over ▁the ▁machine , ▁the ▁focus ▁sh ifts ▁to ▁def ending ▁the ▁machine ▁from ▁other ▁teams ' ▁attacks .