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On 28th June AlmavivA will honour the cyber-defenders of the future at Cyberchallenge.it

On 28th June AlmavivA will honour the cyber-defenders of the future at Cyberchallenge.it

20-06-2018

On 28th June AlmavivA will honour the cyber-defenders of the future at Cyberchallenge.it

AlmavivA is one of the main partners of Cyberchallenge.IT, the programme created to unearth and nurture “cyber” talent in Italian students between the ages of 16 and 22.

Encouraging new generations to take a more challenging route for their own training, for their career and for the future of the national economic system: this is the aim of the Cybersecurity National Laboratory run by CINI (Consorzio Interuniversitario Nazionale per l’Informatica [Italy’s National Inter-University I.T. Consortium]), which is promoting the event in partnership with the Cyber Intelligence and Information Security (CIS) Research Centre at Sapienza University in Rome, and with the support of the National Cybersecurity Research Committee.

Sapienza University in Rome is joined in the project by the Polytechnic Universities of Milan and Turin, as well as the Universities of Genoa, Milan, Naples Parthenope and Padua, and the Ca’ Foscari University of Venice. In recent months, the eight university sites have hosted the 160 students selected by Cyberchallenge.IT to attend a free training course, overseen by experts from the academic world and from leading companies in the industry, such as AlmavivA.

The initiative will culminate in the first Italian Capture-The-Flag (CTF) championship in cyber security, which will take place in Rome on 27th June, at Sapienza University’s Odeion lecture theatre. This team contest will be used to select individuals for the Italian National Team of Cyber-defenders, which will take part in international competitions such as the European Cyber Security Challenge (ECSC) 2018.

The award ceremony for the best teams will take place the next day, in the Museum of Classical Art at the Faculty of Literature and Philosophy. Romolo Buonfiglio, Manager for Cyber Security Practices at AlmavivA, is also due to speak. At the same time, Selection Manager Silvia Campitelli will guide AlmavivA’s activities at the Recruitment Fair.

Visit the Cyberchallenge.IT website to find out more and view the award ceremony event schedule