It is with great pleasure and excitement that the CSC Committee announces Subverted as sponsor for the CSC 2026. Subverted offers a cybersecurity learning platform to enhance practical skills development in universities, academies and learnership programmes. Committed to making cybersecurity…
Important Note to Participants registering for the CSC 2026 Qualification Round
The email address used during registration must be an official university email address, please do not use Gmail or other free email service addresses. Registrations excluding university email addresses will not be processed. This applies to all members of the…
Welcome to the official kick-off for the SANReN Cyber Security Challenge (CSC) competition 2026!
The CSC competition is hosted annually and will be open to students registered for tertiary studies in 2026 at eligible tertiary educational institutions. Please note the rule changes for the CSC 2026 Competition. Participation in the CSC competition follows two…
Cyber Security Challenge (CSC) 2025 Finals
The South African National Research Network (SANReN) team hosted its 9th Cyber Security Challenge (CSC) competition during the Centre for High Performance Computing (CHPC) National Conference at the Century City Conference Centre in Cape Town, Western Cape, from 30 November…
CSC 2025 Final – Preliminary Program
The CSC 2025 final is around the corner and we do hope excitement is growing… Here is the preliminary program for the CSC 2025 final. Please note that small changes can still occur, the final program will be communicated during…
CSC 2025 Sponsor – Dendrite Cyber
With great pleasure and excitement, the CSC Committee announces the return of Dendrite Cyber as sponsors for the CSC 2025 competition. Dendrite Cyber supports “Innovatively unlocking network visibility for optimised data feeds in large-scale telecom networks” As sponsors, Dendrite Cyber…
CSC 2025 Sponsor – Orange Cyberdefense
It is with great pleasure and excitement that the CSC Committee announces Orange Cyberdefense as a challenge sponsor for the CSC 2025 finals. As sponsors, Orange Cyberdefense will provide a unique challenge testing the students’ ability to apply the pentesting…
CSC 2025 Final – Qualified Teams
Following another long year of qualifiers, the CSC committee is excited to announce the CSC 2025 final is around the corner. 188 teams from 25 tertiary education institutions from South Africa, Botswana, Eswatini, Malawi, Lesotho and Namibia competed for spots…
CSC 2025 Qualification – Participation Dates
A friendly reminder for both mentors and registered teams to select and confirm participation in the CSC qualification round. The dates below have been pre-selected as preferred dates for institutions to participate: The following qualification dates have been confirmed for…
CSC 2025 Sponsor – ISPA
The CSC Committee is delighted to announce that the Internet Service Providers’ Association (ISPA) has joined as a sponsor for CSC 2025. As part of their sponsorship, ISPA will present an Inspires Educational Sponsorship to a deserving student during the…