Welcome to participate in the CTF features research!
Responding takes about 5 minutes. Please respond before starting the CTF.
This is the pre-survey for the CTF features research. By participating in this research, you will contribute to the CTF features research, and development of cybersecurity teaching and the BUTCA platform. In this research, we compare education and engagement efficiency of different CTF features. All participants will do the same CTF tasks, however, the manner of how the tasks are presented in the CTF may vary for different students.
Participation in this research is voluntary. As background information, we will collect your age, gender, information about your previous and current studies, how much free time you spend on gaming, and preferences for CTF exercises. No sensitive data will be collected as part of the survey. You can stop answering at any time, and you can also request the deletion of data you have already provided.
Your survey responses and CTF data from BUTCA platform will be connected with the code you pick from BUTCA platform. During BUTCA data collection, your name is available to the researcher. For the purposes of the study, your name will not be collected or used as part of the study, and your combined survey and BUTCA data will be pseudonymized.
Research duration: 11/2025-05/2026
Personal data processing period: Until planned publication has been published and one year after the last publication.
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Contact:
tiina.schafeitel-tahtinen (at) tuni.fi
lazarov (at) vut.cz
