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CYBER-GUILD

Train for the flag.

Twenty-seven guides across foundations, offense, defense and analysis — the ground a capture-the-flag event actually stands on. Each one is worked one concept at a time with a tutor who asks before it tells.

GENERAL CTF PREPEXAM CTF-GENBLUEPRINT 2026.09

BUILD MY CERTIFICATION PATH

WHERE YOU ARE COMING FROM

Starting from curiosity

You have curiosity and a terminal. The path starts at Linux and networking and climbs through exploitation, forensics and cryptography in the order a first CTF would demand them.

Already working in the field

You already hold part of this map. Skip what you can demonstrate, revisit what has gone stale, and let the plan show which domains are still Not observed.

Teaching or running a team

Every concept a learner has demonstrated is on the record, in the four evidence states and nothing else. Point a cohort at a domain and watch the ledger fill in.

WHY THIS PATH
  • One objective per guide, so the plan reads like a syllabus rather than a pile of material.
  • Every domain is weighted by its concept count, not by a vendor exam.
  • Evidence stays in four states — Not observed, Developing, Demonstrated, Revisit.
  • The same guides the Orbital Lab used to carry, now under one certification so a goal can hold all of them.
EXAM BLUEPRINT

The published domains and objectives for CTF-GEN. Your missions come from these objectives, and your progress is recorded against them.

  • 25%

    1

    Foundations

    • 1.1Linux Fundamentals
    • 1.2Networking Basics
    • 1.3GREP & Pattern Matching
    • 1.4Python for Security
    • 1.5Binary Exploitation
    • 1.6Block Chain Basics

  • 31%

    2

    Offense

    • 2.1OSINT
    • 2.2Social Engineering
    • 2.3Web Exploitation
    • 2.4API Security
    • 2.5Privilege Escalation
    • 2.6Wireless Security
    • 2.7Cloud Security
    • 2.8AI & LLM Security
    • 2.9Reverse Engineering

  • 20%

    3

    Defense

    • 3.1Incident Response
    • 3.2Detection Engineering
    • 3.3Software Supply Chain Security
    • 3.4Non-Human Identity & Secrets Management
    • 3.5ICS/OT Security
    • 3.6IoT & Embedded Device Security

  • 24%

    4

    Analysis

    • 4.1Cryptography
    • 4.2Steganography
    • 4.3Digital Forensics
    • 4.4Malware Analysis
    • 4.5Mobile Device Forensics
    • 4.6Cloud-Native Incident Response & Forensics