--- title: 1890 Cyber Games | PlayCyber description: The 1890 Cyber & AI Games is a groundbreaking CTF event designed for university students to know cybersecurity & AI through agriculture-themed challenges. image: https://www.playcyber.com/hubfs/PlayCyber/1890-Cyber-Games/Logo.png --- ![Logo](https://www.playcyber.com/hs-fs/hubfs/PlayCyber/1890-Cyber-Games/Logo.png?width=645&height=300&name=Logo.png "Logo") --- **September 9, 2025**![Icon_Leaf](https://www.playcyber.com/hs-fs/hubfs/PlayCyber/1890-Cyber-Games/Icon_Leaf.png?width=19&height=27&name=Icon_Leaf.png)**University of the District of Columbia,** Washington, D.C. [![alabama-a&m-university](https://www.playcyber.com/hs-fs/hubfs/PlayCyber/1890-Cyber-Games/alabama-a%26m-university.png?width=640&height=456&name=alabama-a%26m-university.png) ](https://www.aamu.edu/) [![alcorn-state-university](https://www.playcyber.com/hs-fs/hubfs/PlayCyber/1890-Cyber-Games/alcorn-state-university.png?width=312&height=222&name=alcorn-state-university.png) ](https://www.alcorn.edu/) [![central-state-university](https://www.playcyber.com/hs-fs/hubfs/PlayCyber/1890-Cyber-Games/central-state-university.png?width=640&height=457&name=central-state-university.png) ](https://www.centralstate.edu/) [![delaware-state-university](https://www.playcyber.com/hs-fs/hubfs/PlayCyber/1890-Cyber-Games/delaware-state-university.png?width=640&height=457&name=delaware-state-university.png) ](https://www.desu.edu/) [![florida-a&m-university](https://www.playcyber.com/hs-fs/hubfs/PlayCyber/1890-Cyber-Games/florida-a%26m-university.png?width=640&height=457&name=florida-a%26m-university.png) ](https://www.famu.edu/) [![fort-valley-state-university](https://www.playcyber.com/hs-fs/hubfs/PlayCyber/1890-Cyber-Games/fort-valley-state-university.png?width=640&height=457&name=fort-valley-state-university.png) ](https://www.fvsu.edu/) [![kentucky-state-university](https://www.playcyber.com/hs-fs/hubfs/PlayCyber/1890-Cyber-Games/kentucky-state-university.png?width=640&height=457&name=kentucky-state-university.png) ](https://www.kysu.edu/) [![langston-university](https://www.playcyber.com/hs-fs/hubfs/PlayCyber/1890-Cyber-Games/langston-university.png?width=640&height=457&name=langston-university.png) ](https://langston.edu/) [![lincoln-university-of-missouri](https://www.playcyber.com/hs-fs/hubfs/PlayCyber/1890-Cyber-Games/lincoln-university-of-missouri.png?width=640&height=457&name=lincoln-university-of-missouri.png) ](https://www.lincolnu.edu/) [![north-carolina-a&t-state-university](https://www.playcyber.com/hs-fs/hubfs/PlayCyber/1890-Cyber-Games/north-carolina-a%26t-state-university.png?width=640&height=456&name=north-carolina-a%26t-state-university.png) ](https://www.ncat.edu/) [![alabama-a&m-university](https://www.playcyber.com/hs-fs/hubfs/PlayCyber/1890-Cyber-Games/alabama-a%26m-university.png?width=640&height=456&name=alabama-a%26m-university.png) ](https://www.aamu.edu/) [![alcorn-state-university](https://www.playcyber.com/hs-fs/hubfs/PlayCyber/1890-Cyber-Games/alcorn-state-university.png?width=312&height=222&name=alcorn-state-university.png) ](https://www.alcorn.edu/) [![central-state-university](https://www.playcyber.com/hs-fs/hubfs/PlayCyber/1890-Cyber-Games/central-state-university.png?width=640&height=457&name=central-state-university.png) ](https://www.centralstate.edu/) [![delaware-state-university](https://www.playcyber.com/hs-fs/hubfs/PlayCyber/1890-Cyber-Games/delaware-state-university.png?width=640&height=457&name=delaware-state-university.png) ](https://www.desu.edu/) [![florida-a&m-university](https://www.playcyber.com/hs-fs/hubfs/PlayCyber/1890-Cyber-Games/florida-a%26m-university.png?width=640&height=457&name=florida-a%26m-university.png) ](https://www.famu.edu/) [![fort-valley-state-university](https://www.playcyber.com/hs-fs/hubfs/PlayCyber/1890-Cyber-Games/fort-valley-state-university.png?width=640&height=457&name=fort-valley-state-university.png) ](https://www.fvsu.edu/) [![kentucky-state-university](https://www.playcyber.com/hs-fs/hubfs/PlayCyber/1890-Cyber-Games/kentucky-state-university.png?width=640&height=457&name=kentucky-state-university.png) ](https://www.kysu.edu/) [![langston-university](https://www.playcyber.com/hs-fs/hubfs/PlayCyber/1890-Cyber-Games/langston-university.png?width=640&height=457&name=langston-university.png) ](https://langston.edu/) [![lincoln-university-of-missouri](https://www.playcyber.com/hs-fs/hubfs/PlayCyber/1890-Cyber-Games/lincoln-university-of-missouri.png?width=640&height=457&name=lincoln-university-of-missouri.png) ](https://www.lincolnu.edu/) [![north-carolina-a&t-state-university](https://www.playcyber.com/hs-fs/hubfs/PlayCyber/1890-Cyber-Games/north-carolina-a%26t-state-university.png?width=640&height=456&name=north-carolina-a%26t-state-university.png) ](https://www.ncat.edu/) [![prairie-view-a&m-university](https://www.playcyber.com/hs-fs/hubfs/PlayCyber/1890-Cyber-Games/prairie-view-a%26m-university.png?width=640&height=457&name=prairie-view-a%26m-university.png) ](https://www.pvamu.edu/) [![sc-state-university](https://www.playcyber.com/hs-fs/hubfs/PlayCyber/1890-Cyber-Games/sc-state-university.png?width=640&height=457&name=sc-state-university.png) ](https://www.scsu.edu/) [![southern-unversity-a&m-college](https://www.playcyber.com/hs-fs/hubfs/PlayCyber/1890-Cyber-Games/southern-unversity-a%26m-college.png?width=640&height=457&name=southern-unversity-a%26m-college.png) ](https://www.subr.edu/) [![tennessee-state-university](https://www.playcyber.com/hs-fs/hubfs/PlayCyber/1890-Cyber-Games/tennessee-state-university.png?width=640&height=457&name=tennessee-state-university.png) ](https://www.tnstate.edu/) [![tuskegee-university](https://www.playcyber.com/hs-fs/hubfs/PlayCyber/1890-Cyber-Games/tuskegee-university.png?width=312&height=222&name=tuskegee-university.png) ](https://www.tuskegee.edu/) [![university-of-arkansas-at-pine-bluff](https://www.playcyber.com/hs-fs/hubfs/PlayCyber/1890-Cyber-Games/university-of-arkansas-at-pine-bluff.png?width=640&height=457&name=university-of-arkansas-at-pine-bluff.png) ](https://uapb.edu/) [![university-of-maryland-eastern-shore](https://www.playcyber.com/hs-fs/hubfs/PlayCyber/1890-Cyber-Games/university-of-maryland-eastern-shore.png?width=640&height=457&name=university-of-maryland-eastern-shore.png) ](https://wwwcp.umes.edu/) [![virginia-state-university](https://www.playcyber.com/hs-fs/hubfs/PlayCyber/1890-Cyber-Games/virginia-state-university.png?width=640&height=457&name=virginia-state-university.png) ](https://www.vsu.edu/) [![west-virginia-state-university](https://www.playcyber.com/hs-fs/hubfs/PlayCyber/1890-Cyber-Games/west-virginia-state-university.png?width=640&height=457&name=west-virginia-state-university.png) ](https://wvstateu.edu/) [![university-of-the-district-of-columbia](https://www.playcyber.com/hs-fs/hubfs/PlayCyber/1890-Cyber-Games/university-of-the-district-of-columbia.png?width=640&height=457&name=university-of-the-district-of-columbia.png) ](https://www.udc.edu/) [![prairie-view-a&m-university](https://www.playcyber.com/hs-fs/hubfs/PlayCyber/1890-Cyber-Games/prairie-view-a%26m-university.png?width=640&height=457&name=prairie-view-a%26m-university.png) ](https://www.pvamu.edu/) [![sc-state-university](https://www.playcyber.com/hs-fs/hubfs/PlayCyber/1890-Cyber-Games/sc-state-university.png?width=640&height=457&name=sc-state-university.png) ](https://www.scsu.edu/) [![southern-unversity-a&m-college](https://www.playcyber.com/hs-fs/hubfs/PlayCyber/1890-Cyber-Games/southern-unversity-a%26m-college.png?width=640&height=457&name=southern-unversity-a%26m-college.png) ](https://www.subr.edu/) [![tennessee-state-university](https://www.playcyber.com/hs-fs/hubfs/PlayCyber/1890-Cyber-Games/tennessee-state-university.png?width=640&height=457&name=tennessee-state-university.png) ](https://www.tnstate.edu/) [![tuskegee-university](https://www.playcyber.com/hs-fs/hubfs/PlayCyber/1890-Cyber-Games/tuskegee-university.png?width=312&height=222&name=tuskegee-university.png) ](https://www.tuskegee.edu/) [![university-of-arkansas-at-pine-bluff](https://www.playcyber.com/hs-fs/hubfs/PlayCyber/1890-Cyber-Games/university-of-arkansas-at-pine-bluff.png?width=640&height=457&name=university-of-arkansas-at-pine-bluff.png) ](https://uapb.edu/) [![university-of-maryland-eastern-shore](https://www.playcyber.com/hs-fs/hubfs/PlayCyber/1890-Cyber-Games/university-of-maryland-eastern-shore.png?width=640&height=457&name=university-of-maryland-eastern-shore.png) ](https://wwwcp.umes.edu/) [![virginia-state-university](https://www.playcyber.com/hs-fs/hubfs/PlayCyber/1890-Cyber-Games/virginia-state-university.png?width=640&height=457&name=virginia-state-university.png) ](https://www.vsu.edu/) [![west-virginia-state-university](https://www.playcyber.com/hs-fs/hubfs/PlayCyber/1890-Cyber-Games/west-virginia-state-university.png?width=640&height=457&name=west-virginia-state-university.png) ](https://wvstateu.edu/) [![university-of-the-district-of-columbia](https://www.playcyber.com/hs-fs/hubfs/PlayCyber/1890-Cyber-Games/university-of-the-district-of-columbia.png?width=640&height=457&name=university-of-the-district-of-columbia.png) ](https://www.udc.edu/) # Cultivating Digital Resilience in Agriculture Through Games ![agriculture-through-games](https://www.playcyber.com/hubfs/PlayCyber/1890-Cyber-Games/agriculture-through-games.png "agriculture-through-games") The 1890 Universities Cyber & AI Games is a groundbreaking Capture the Flag (CTF) event designed to introduce university students from the **19 land-grant universities and the host school, the University of the District of Columbia,** to the world of cybersecurity and artificial intelligence through agriculture-themed challenges. Using a Jeopardy-style format, students will engage in 25+ challenges that simulate real-world cyber threats facing the agriculture sector. [![PlayCyber Logo](https://www.playcyber.com/hs-fs/hubfs/social-suggested-images/www.playcyber.comhubfsPlayCyberPlayCyberWeb_ImagesKATZCY_PlayCyber_logo_tagline_light_R-282x118.png?width=179&height=75&name=www.playcyber.comhubfsPlayCyberPlayCyberWeb_ImagesKATZCY_PlayCyber_logo_tagline_light_R-282x118.png "PlayCyber Logo")](https://www.playcyber.com/) [![USCG Logo](https://www.playcyber.com/hs-fs/hubfs/USCyberGames/USCG-Season4/Official-logos/2024-01-USCG_S4_logos_cybergames_4color.png?width=114&height=100&name=2024-01-USCG_S4_logos_cybergames_4color.png "USCG Logo")](https://www.uscybergames.com/) [![1890 Universities Foundation Logo](https://www.playcyber.com/hubfs/PlayCyber/1890-Cyber-Games/Logo_1890-foundation.svg "1890 Universities Foundation Logo")](https://www.1890foundation.org/) [![Mission Critical Partners Logo](https://www.playcyber.com/hubfs/PlayCyber/1890-Cyber-Games/Logo_mission-critical-partners.png "Mission Critical Partners Logo")](https://www.missioncriticalpartners.com/) [![Bites and Bytes Podcast Logo](https://www.playcyber.com/hubfs/PlayCyber/1890-Cyber-Games/Logo_bites-bites-podcast.png "Bites and Bytes Podcast Logo")](https://www.bitesandbytespodcast.com/) [![GT Edge AI Logo](https://www.playcyber.com/hubfs/PlayCyber/1890-Cyber-Games/Logo_GT-Edge-AI.png "GT Edge AI Logo")](https://gtedge.ai/) ## What is the AG CTF? **Beginner to Intermediate-Level Cybersecurity Competition** This competition is tailored for general university students in agriculture and related sciences, aiming to enhance their understanding of the risks and protections within the agriculture sector. **This Year’s Theme: Agriterrorism** The focus will be on a scenario that disrupts the U.S. food supply. Agroterrorism is the deliberate introduction of biological, chemical, physical, or cyber-physical threats via malware, ransomware, sensor/actuator tampering, network intrusions, phishing, or social engineering into agricultural or food‑supply systems. The intent is to disrupt production, compromise food safety or integrity, inflict economic harm, generate fear, or undermine confidence in food and agriculture. ![ag-ctf](https://www.playcyber.com/hubfs/PlayCyber/1890-Cyber-Games/ag-ctf.png "ag-ctf") The competition will adopt a Capture the Flag Jeopardy-style format, featuring both computer-based and real-life challenges that showcase essential skills such as: - ![](https://www.playcyber.com/hubfs/PlayCyber/1890-Cyber-Games/digital-forensics.png)Digital forensics - ![](https://www.playcyber.com/hubfs/PlayCyber/1890-Cyber-Games/reconnaissance.png)Reconnaissance - ![](https://www.playcyber.com/hubfs/PlayCyber/1890-Cyber-Games/geo-tagging.png)Geo tagging - ![](https://www.playcyber.com/hubfs/PlayCyber/1890-Cyber-Games/rfid-hacking.png)RFID hacking - ![](https://www.playcyber.com/hubfs/PlayCyber/1890-Cyber-Games/cryptography.png)Cryptography - ![](https://www.playcyber.com/hubfs/PlayCyber/1890-Cyber-Games/lock-picking.png)Lock picking - ![](https://www.playcyber.com/hubfs/PlayCyber/1890-Cyber-Games/web-security.png)Web security **In addition to the 20-team competition, there will be a lock-picking village and an escape room.** ## Become a Sponsor ### Sponsor Benefits - ![](https://www.playcyber.com/hubfs/PlayCyber/1890-Cyber-Games/premier-level.png) **Premier Level: $12,000 (x1)** Premier branding in press release, online and at event, opt-in email list, quick speaker spot, logo on swag - ![](https://www.playcyber.com/hubfs/PlayCyber/1890-Cyber-Games/silver-level.png) **Silver Level: $9,000 (x2)** Mention in press release, online and at event, opt-in email list, logo on swag - ![](https://www.playcyber.com/hubfs/PlayCyber/1890-Cyber-Games/bronze-level.png) **Bronze Level: $5,000 (x5)** Online and at event, dedicated email, give swag - ![](https://www.playcyber.com/hubfs/PlayCyber/1890-Cyber-Games/sapphire-level.png) **Sapphire Level: $3,000 (x5)** Online and at event, mention in email, give swag - ![](https://www.playcyber.com/hubfs/PlayCyber/1890-Cyber-Games/reception.png) **Reception: $3,500 (x3)** Premier branding at reception, toast, online and social posts - ![](https://www.playcyber.com/hubfs/PlayCyber/1890-Cyber-Games/exhibit-tables.png) **Exhibit Tables: $1,000** Six-foot tables all day, social posts - ![](https://www.playcyber.com/hubfs/PlayCyber/1890-Cyber-Games/prizes.png) **Prizes: $500 (x3)** Social posts with winner pictures, announce winners, online branding **SPONSOR CYBER AND AI GAMES TODAY!** [Download Flyer](https://www.playcyber.com/hubfs/PlayCyber/1890-Cyber-Games/Flyer_1890-Cyber-AI-Games-for-Agriculture.pdf) ## Team Information ![team-information](https://www.playcyber.com/hubfs/PlayCyber/1890-Cyber-Games/team-information.png "team-information") **Important Dates:** - Registration | July 2 to August 8 - Discord (Online) Community | Opens July 9 - 1890 Informational Session | July 23 - Team Webinar - Competition Kick Off | July 30 - Virtual CTF Practice Session | August 15-16 - Event: In-Person Only | September 9 **Free to play** - Designed for beginner to intermediate skill levels **MUST be from one of these 20 universities:** - **1890 Land Grant universities:** Alabama A&M University, Alcorn State University, Central State University, Delaware State University, Florida A&M University, Fort Valley State University, Kentucky State University, Langston University, Lincoln University of Missouri, North Carolina A&T State University, Prairie View A&M University, South Carolina State University, Southern University and A&M College, Tennessee State University, Tuskegee University, University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Virginia State University, West Virginia State University - **Host university:** University of the District of Columbia **Up to 6 university full-time students per university can play in final game** - 1 university coach - Up to 3 volunteers per university can register to help out **University teams should come prepared with:** - Matching shirts that represent your 1890 university pride - A university flag (small to medium sized) - Personal Laptop computer (1 for each student) - Notepads and pens will be provided **Have fun as a team** - Learn about AI, cyber and IT - Receive digital badge for participation ## Event Day - September 9 **GAMES | EXHIBITORS | SPEAKERS** ### Agenda | **10:00 AM** | **Kick off and Keynote Speaker** | | --- | --- | | **10:30 AM** | **Game Master Rules and Instructions** | | **11:00 AM** | Game Starts Light snacks provided, no breaks for players | | **1:00 PM** | **Lunch** | | **5:00 PM** | **Game Ends** | | **5:30 PM** | **VIP Speaker and Awards** | | **6:00 PM** | **Reception** |   ### Games & Activities - ![](https://www.playcyber.com/hubfs/PlayCyber/1890-Cyber-Games/lock-picking-village.png) **Lock-picking Village** - ![](https://www.playcyber.com/hubfs/PlayCyber/1890-Cyber-Games/exhibitor-booths.png) **Exhibitor Booths** - ![](https://www.playcyber.com/hubfs/PlayCyber/1890-Cyber-Games/escape-room.png) **Escape Room** ## ABOUT THE 1890 FOUNDATION The 1890 Cyber + AI Games will happen as part of a commemoration planned by the 1890 Universities Foundation for the 135th anniversary of the signing of the 1890 Morrill Act which established the first public Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) in the U.S. The 1890 Universities Cyber & AI Games is a groundbreaking Capture the Flag (CTF) event designed to introduce university students to the world of cybersecurity and artificial intelligence through agriculture-themed challenges. Using a Jeopardy-style format, students will engage in 25+ challenges that simulate real-world cyber threats facing the agriculture sector. [Learn More](https://www.1890foundation.org/) ![about-1890-foundation](https://www.playcyber.com/hubfs/PlayCyber/1890-Cyber-Games/about-1890-foundation.png "about-1890-foundation")