Students’ Cyber-Design Challenge

NEW DATES - Nov. 1st to Nov. 19th

The Canadian Cyber Threat Exchange (CCTX) and the Smart Cybersecurity Network (Serene-risc) invite undergraduate and graduate university students from all disciplines and from across Canada to participate in their joint Cyber-Design Challenge. The Canadian Cyber Threat Exchange (CCTX) is Canada’s only cross-sector cyber threat collaboration forum and source of cyber threat intelligence.

Students will work in teams of 3 or 4 to design tools and solutions to improve the effectiveness of the cctx sharing portal.

Participating students will have the opportunity to attend training webinars on cybersecurity, information-sharing and human-computer interaction. They will be mentored by a diverse group of experienced cybersecurity professionals who will help them identify and execute their most promising ideas. Students will then present their results to the CCTX Technical Committee.

Prizes: $3,000 for winning team and $2,000 for the runner-up.

Goals:

• INTRODUCE students with no prior experience to cybersecurity as a career path;
• DEVELOP students’ understanding of the Canadian cybersecurity ecosystem, its key players and the role that they play in securing Canada’s economy and individual users;
• CONNECT students with key players in the cybersecurity industry through CCTX, helping recruiters access highly motivated and skilled talent;
• CHALLENGE students from a broad range of disciplines to help solve practical cybersecurity problems faced by Canadian organizations and support them to develop innovative and impactful solutions;
• HELP CCTX and its members identify evidence-based and effective threat intelligence sharing tools and practices that can improve the cybersecurity of Canadian organizations (and help make these tools available to the Canadian cybersecurity ecosystem).

To register individually or as a team, please email us your name(s), university affiliation, discipline, and level of study (undergraduate, postgraduate or doctoral) at info@serene-risc.ca