Digital Pakistan Cybersecurity Hackathon 2021

Cybersecurity is a rapidly growing field with a global shortage of 3-4 million cybersecurity professionals. According to the World Economic Forum (WEF), the rate of growth for jobs in information security is projected at 29% by 2025—that’s much faster than the average for all other occupations.

Pakistan can take a big share of this opportunity through training its graduates and professionals in tools and technologies related to cybersecurity. One of the techniques is to train the professionals by providing a competitive environment where professionals can learn, test and compete in the areas of cybersecurity.

OBJECTIVES OF CYBER SECURITY COMPETITIONS

Objectives of cybersecurity competitions or cyber drills as described by ITU (International Telecommunication Union) are as follows:

• Enhancing cybersecurity capacity and capabilities through regional collaborations & cooperation
• Enhancing the awareness, the capability of countries to participate, to contribute to the development & deployment of a strategy for defeating a cyber threat
• Strengthening international cooperation between member states to ensure continued collective efforts against cyber threats
• Enhancing member states’ incident response capabilities and communication
• Assisting member states to develop and implement operational procedures to respond better to various cyber incidents, identify improvements for future planning and CIRT processes and operational procedures.

HOW TO REGISTER YOUR TEAM

1. Please provide details for registration.
2. After registration, the user will receive an account activation link.
3. After account activation, the user can access “My Dashboard” page to enter the details of team members.
4. A team can update the details until the registration deadline – September 05, 2021.
5. A team can only participate in a maximum of three categories.
6. A team has to select the nearest venue.

BENEFITS OF BEING PART OF CHALLENGE

• This challenge will be a great place to help start a career in Cybersecurity or raise industry profile and eventually helps recruiters and managers to spot budding talent and headhunt existing professionals.
• To track the cybersecurity workforce to understand strengths and weaknesses in knowledge, skills and abilities.
• Despite the competitive environment, the occasion also has a strong social element. It will give players a chance to meet up in real life to network, share knowledge, and bond over common goals, experiences and interests.
• This competition will be beneficial to security researchers and academics who can use the attack data and network traffic generated during competitions as case studies to help model, predict and prevent real-world security incidents.
• It will provide recognition and opportunity at national level and promote competition.
• It will provide better practical knowledge and increases confidence in information security skills.

For additional queries, please contact at info@cyberhackathon.pk