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Netwrix Innovation Week: CTF solutions

Netwrix Innovation Week: CTF solutions

Oct 26, 2026

The Innovation Week 2026 capture the flag (CTF) is over, and the solutions are in. Watch the five walkthrough videos below to see how each challenge can be solved.

During Innovation Week 2026, we ran a CTF for defenders, researchers, and anyone curious about how AI systems can be attacked. Players worked through five challenges, all of them AI-based, by interacting with an AI helpdesk assistant. The CTF ran for 24 hours, with 12 hours of uptime for participants to complete the challenges, and the winner got a free ticket to Black Hat 2027 in Las Vegas.

Thank you to everyone who participated. Below you’ll find the solutions to all five challenges.

Explore every Innovation Week conversation to hear Netwrix and industry experts discuss data and identity security.

Challenge 1: Onboarding Code

Challenge 2: Under the Hood

Challenge 3: Ticket to Ride

Challenge 4: Helpdesk Admin for a Day

Challenge 5: Operator

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Darryl Baker

Senior Staff Security Researcher

Darryl G. Baker is a Senior Staff Security Researcher at Netwrix and a recognized authority in Identity and Active Directory security. With over a decade of identity systems experience, he has led enterprise security assessments, identity security trainings, and threat emulations focused on Active Directory, Entra ID, and Azure environments. Darryl has delivered highly rated trainings and demos at BlueTeamCon, BSidesCT, The Experts Conference, and Wild Wild West Hackin’ Fest. He’s the architect behind numerous hands on attack emulation labs—leveraging current red team and blue team tools to help defenders master everything from attack path analysis to threat hunting. In his sessions, Darryl blends deep technical insight with real world case studies, empowering blue team professionals to strengthen their identity security posture and defend against evolving adversary techniques.