What is a Task?

A Task is where knowledge becomes practical capability. Each one presents a concrete objective inside a controlled scenario so you can investigate, make decisions and demonstrate what you learned with verifiable evidence.

Tasks are the units of hands-on work in a course. Depending on the learning path, a Task may represent a vulnerable machine, an application, a service, an analysis case or a sequence of related objectives.

What you will find

A Task may include:

• context and a learning objective;
• instructions and authorized scope;
• lab resources or access details, when applicable;
• one or more fields for submitting flags;
• points and progress state.

The number of Tasks, their organization and the required resources depend on each course. Some paths group them into stages; others may use a different structure. SpartanOps appears only when it is part of that course experience.

Some Tasks use a resource that must be started before work and stopped when finished. The available controls depend on the course: stopping may be manual or managed automatically by the platform. Always follow the course-specific guide, such as Working on a CPPJ Task.

Typical flow

1. Open the course and select an available Task.
2. Read the objective, conditions and scope before taking action.
3. Start or open the resources shown by the platform.
4. Work only on the assigned targets.
5. Submit discovered flags from the Task panel.
6. Review the recorded points and progress.

Note

A Task may be partially solved when some of its flags have already been recorded. Its completion condition and available score are shown in the relevant course.

Danger

Task targets are deliberately vulnerable. Only the scope assigned to your enrollment by Spartan-Labs is authorized.

Continue with Flags, scoring and progress.