General exam rules
These rules apply to every certification attempt completed in Spartan-Labs. Each exam’s specific rules may add stricter conditions.
Authorship and identity
Section titled “Authorship and identity”- Take the exam from your own account.
- Complete the work and report yourself.
- Do not share your account, session, credentials or target access.
- Do not request or accept external assistance during the attempt unless the specific rules expressly allow it.
Technical scope
Section titled “Technical scope”- Attack only the targets and addresses assigned by the exam.
- Do not scan or attack external infrastructure, other students or platform services.
- Do not use the environment for mining, denial of service, persistence beyond the attempt or unrelated activity.
- Use only actions available in the interface.
Confidentiality
Section titled “Confidentiality”Do not publish, sell, trade or share flags, solutions, targets, addresses, screenshots, recordings, questions, reports or any detail that could reconstruct exam content. This restriction also applies to private groups and direct messages.
Report
Section titled “Report”The report must be original, reproducible and correspond to the submitted attempt. Manipulating evidence, plagiarizing content or claiming another person’s work violates the integrity of the assessment.
Technical incidents
Section titled “Technical incidents”Record the error, time and visible message; take a screenshot without flags or credentials and contact support. An incident does not automatically pause the clock or guarantee an extension.
By starting, you confirm that you have read these rules, the specific rules and the Terms and conditions.