Computer Security with Hacktivate

Introduction

Hacktivate is a website authored by Paul Hudson, a software developer and teacher based in the United Kingdom.

It is a series of capture-the-flag challenges designed to help learners understand computer security, programming concepts, and how data is stored on a computer.

Paul created Hacktivate to help his daughter and her friends prepare for cybersecurity competitions, and he has kindly made these activities available to other schools around the world.

What to do

You have been emailed login instructions.

Working with your partner, watch the videos together.

As you complete each challenge, take note of terminology or concepts that are new to you.

Write very briefly about that in your daily portfolio entry in Notion – think of this as your space to take notes. What do you want to remember, weeks from now?

Do your best to complete challenges during our classes this week.

You are expected to complete a portfolio entry in Notion for each day of class, but you are not being directly evaluated on what you complete in Hacktivate.

There is a leaderboard for the teams in our class – who will come out on top? Perhaps it will be you and your partner!

Be sure to ask questions in Notion about what you want to learn more about. My hope is that completing Hacktivate challenges will spark your curiousity about other topics connected to technology! 🚀