IIT Bombay’s Trust Lab celebrated the grand finale of the Capture The Flag (CTF) National Edition 2025, held as part of the Trust Summit 2025, on campus. The finale witnessed some of India’s brightest cybersecurity minds as they battled it out by tackling real-world attack scenarios.

This initiative by IIT Bombay’s Trust Lab comes at a time when the demand for cybersecurity talent in India is rising sharply, even as nearly 50% of cybersecurity jobs reportedly remain unfilled—reflecting an urgent need to strengthen the country’s talent pipeline.

The competition drew 480 teams from top engineering institutes, cybersecurity clubs, and technology universities across India. Participants competed individually or in teams of two. From this pool, the top 50 finalists were shortlisted for the on-campus finale, where they undertook a series of escalating technical challenges developed by cybersecurity researchers from Trust Lab.

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