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Cyber Security Challenge 2023 Kick-off

Welcome to the official kick-off for the SANReN Cyber Security Challenge 2023! Participation in the CSC competition follows three models: For this year’s CSC participants will have three opportunities to qualify for final CSC in November/December. The first course-based qualification…

Heloise PieterseFebruary 14, 2023September 11, 2023 CSC, Registration
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Cyber Security Challenge 2022 Finals

SANReN hosted its sixth Cyber Security Challenge during the CHPC National Meeting 2022 at the International Convention Centre, CSIR in Pretoria, from 28 November to 01 December 2022. The purpose of the competition is to stimulate interest in Cyber Security…

Heloise PieterseDecember 9, 2022February 14, 2023 Finals
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CSC 2022 Final – Induction & Sponsor Session

The Induction and Sponsor Session for the CSC 2022 Final was held at the ICC, CSIR on 28 November 2022. At the session all mentors and participants were introduced to the competition, as well as to the challenges awaiting them.…

Heloise PieterseDecember 9, 2022February 14, 2023 Finals
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CSC 2022 Final – Preliminary Program

The CSC 2022 final is around the corner and we do hope excitement is growing… Here is the preliminary program for the CSC 2022 Final. Please note small changes can still occur, the final program will be communicated during the…

Heloise PieterseNovember 16, 2022February 14, 2023 CSC, Finals
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CSC 2022 Final – Qualified Teams

After another long year of qualifiers, the CSC committee is excited to announce the CSC 2022 final is around the corner. 78 teams from 14 tertiary education institutions from South Africa, Botswana, Malawi, Lesotho and eSwatini competed for spots in…

Heloise PieterseOctober 21, 2022February 14, 2023 Finals
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CSC 2022 Sponsors

It is with great pleasure that the CSC Committee announces the following sponsorships for the CSC 2022 Finals

Heloise PieterseOctober 10, 2022February 14, 2023 Finals
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CTF Preparation

The CSC Committee Team encourage students interested to further improve their CTF skills to consider participating in the Fetch The Flag CTF event to be hosted by Snyk. The CTF is scheduled for 9:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m. ET on November 9.…

Heloise PieterseOctober 4, 2022February 14, 2023 Training
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Qualification for CSC 2022

Qualification for the 2022 Cyber Security Challenge has concluded. Finalists to be confirmed this week.

Heloise PieterseOctober 3, 2022February 14, 2023 Qualifiers
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International Cybersecurity Challenge

The CSC Committee are proud to announce the following past participants of the Cyber Security Challenge have been nominated to represent South Africa as part of the Africc team: Tian Cilliers Luke Borchjes The International Cybersecurity Challenge (ICC), hosted by…

Heloise PieterseSeptember 28, 2022October 3, 2022 International Competition
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First Cyber Security Challenge Training Session a Success

Thank you to all who attended and participated in the Cyber Security Challenge (CSC) introductory training session hosted virtually on 17th of August 2022. A quickly glance at the attendance number at one point showed over 190 students present in…

Heloise PieterseAugust 18, 2022October 3, 2022 Training
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CSC 2026

The CSC 2026 qualification round will remain open until 13 September 2026.

The last qualification round will be from 4 September – 13 September 2026.

CSC 2026 will be the 10th edition of the competition – watch this space.

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