HUSN CTF is to be delivered to Omani students in higher education by the Department of Information Systems, College of Economics and Political Science at the Sultan Qaboos University, in partnership with the UK Oman Digital Hub. The UK Oman Digital Hub is a British Embassy Muscat initiative, committed to a collaboration between Oman and the UK with the aim of increasing the digital skill base in Oman.

This year the event will take place online, with the entrants competing individually in the qualifying round on the 14th January, and then the top 40 entrants forming 10 virtual teams of 4 for the final round on the 21st January.

The winners from the first, second and third teams will be receiving a prize of a 12 month subscription to the Immersive Labs platform (valued at approximately OMR 1500 each), in order to further develop their cybersecurity skills in a gameified environment, as well as receiving an invitation to the prestigious HUSN CTF awards ceremony at the Kempinski hotel on the 23rd January.