{"id":478,"date":"2020-12-14T14:11:05","date_gmt":"2020-12-14T12:11:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/csc.ac.za\/?p=478"},"modified":"2021-02-25T15:55:08","modified_gmt":"2021-02-25T13:55:08","slug":"sanren-cyber-security-challenge-2020-winners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.csc.ac.za\/?p=478","title":{"rendered":"SANReN Cyber Security Challenge 2020: Winners"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

SANReN hosted its fourth Cyber Security Challenge<\/a> as part of the annual CHPC National Meeting 2020<\/a>. This year due the COVID-19 pandemic the challenge was hosted virtually over the weekend of the 28-29 November 2020. The event started with an induction for the students at 18h00 on Friday evening, 27 November 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The purpose of the competition is to stimulate interest in Cyber Security in the field of network\/information security within South African tertiary education institutions. Thus, the competition is aimed at university students who are interested in information security fields such as penetration testing, incident response, digital forensics and security training. During the competition students were exposed to simulated cyber related threats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Due to the COVID-19 and the lockdown imposed in South Africa, the competition was split into several rounds to provide opportunity for students to participate:<\/p>\n\n\n\n