
The amazing 56-hours Cybersecurity Cyberdefense Hackathon came to an end. 14 teams and more than 90 contestants and mentors participated in a vibrant event organized by 𝐈𝐃𝐄𝐀. The brilliant, sophisticated and scientific ideas presented made the Judges’ task very difficult: 𝟏𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐳𝐞: Equally to 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐲 with a mechanism to detect, analyse and rectify fake news and 𝐄𝐱𝐨𝐜𝐨𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐞, a safety system (software & hardware) against malicious USB sticks. 𝟐𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐳𝐞: Equally to 𝐈𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐮𝐬 with a drone application that analyses an area using a commercial drone and a mobile app and 𝐍𝐄𝐓𝐫𝐋 with a secure encrypted chatting application tailored made against interceptions. 𝟑𝐫𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐳𝐞: 𝐃𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐋𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐜 with a riffle shooting simulator for training purposes that replaces the need to use real gunfire.
Great thanks to our Sponsors: Logicom Solutions, KPMG Cyprus, Cyta, Innovation / Leo Burnett, European University Cyprus
and to our Partners Bank of Cyprus, Υπουργείο Άμυνας Κυπριακής Δημοκρατίας – Ministry of Defence Cyprus, Υπουργείο Παιδείας, Πολιτισμού, Αθλητισμού και Νεολαίας, Υπουργείο Άμυνας της Κύπρου, U.S. Embassy Cyprus, Israel in Cyprus, Cyprus Computer Society, ISACA Cyprus, Oracle Cyprus