@article{40, author = {Stylianos Karagiannis and Luís Campos and Christoforos Ntantogian and Luís L. Ribeiro and Emmanouil Magkos}, title = {PocketCTF: A Fully Featured Approach for Hosting Portable Attack and Defense Cybersecurity Exercises}, abstract = {In this paper, we present PocketCTF, an extensible and fully independent CTF platform, open to educators to run realistic virtual labs to host cybersecurity exercises in their classrooms. PocketCTF is based on containerization technologies to minimize the deployment effort and to utilize less system resources.}, year = {2021}, journal = {MDPI AG}, month = {2021-08-08}, issn = {2078-2489}, url = {https://www.mdpi.com/2078-2489/12/8/318}, doi = {10.3390/info12080318}, note = {A proof-of-concept implementation demonstrates the feasibility of deploying CTF challenges that allows the trainees to engage not only in offensive security but also in defensive tasks that have to be conducted during cybersecurity incidents. When using PocketCTF, educators can deploy hands-on labs, spending less time on the deployment and without necessarily having the advanced technical background to deploy complex labs and scenarios.}, }