Type: Live Virtual Hackathon
When: Friday 29th - 31st October
Price: Free

WHAT IS THE APAC SECUR’IT CUP’21?

The APAC Secur’It Cup’21 is Kaspersky’s regional student cyber-security hackathon dedicated to the challenges of a rapidly changing world, and tackling security issues posed by new technologies. We want participants of the Secur'IT Cup to come up with their own ideas for projects to help solve cybersecurity issues.

WHAT IS THE REGIONAL HACKATHON?

Over a 3 day weekend bender, participants will compete in teams to develop functional prototypes of digital solutions aimed towards solving a prevalent issue within the identified challenge statements (tracks), for evaluation by a panel of experienced judges within the cyber-security industry.

The local hackathon winning team will receive a prize of $1500 AUD and a chance to compete in the global competition finals for the grand prize of $10K USD, as well as mentorship support from our experts.

REASONS TO PARTICIPATE

1- It's Fun and rewarding!

Take on something new, win $1500 AUD in prize money and contribute to the future of cyber-security!

2- Learn and gain valuable skills

Open yourself up to more job development opportunities and future job prospects.

Whether you are a Hackathon warrior or first-time beginner, you will gain something new out of the Secur’It Cup’21!

3- Network and connect

Expand your social network with like-minded individuals, successful entrepreneurs, renowned speakers, and industry professionals whom will all be participating at Secur’It Cup’21!

THIS YEARS TRACKS

1- New methods and instruments for security assessment

Try yourself in improving existing methods and systems or suggesting brand new approaches for security assessment to ease/ automate the research processes.

2- Machine learning in cybersecurity

Develop ML algorithms as instruments for cybersecurity improvement.

3- IoT Security

Design your own solution for an IoT application, that will help to secure the devices, their data, and users from external ineligible influence.

4- Fighting Cyber Violence

Work on new ways, or design an app or piece of technology, that can help protect individuals suffering from abuse, stalking, and harassment online.

MENTORS

These experts will be helping you during the Hackathon

Kavika Singhal, Western Sydney Uni
Vanessa Lo, CyberSentio
Candice Bowditch, Google
Kaif Ahsan, Atlassian
Suhaas Madhyastha, Ankura
Kirill Vorozhtsov, Kaspersky
Leonard Sim, Kaspersky
Bronwyn Mercer, Microsoft
Jennifer Elliott, Microsoft
Kanishk Gaur, India Future Foundation
Vivan Yue, NSW Department of Communities and Justice
Jasmina Zito, Canva
Craig Davis, TriSecOps
Larry Zektser, Bugcrowd

JUDGES

You'll need to impress these people with your Hackathon solution

Dr Weihan Goh, Singapore Institute of Technology
Alina Tan, Dyson
Matt Byrne, Threat Intel @ PwC
Angela Bee Chan, Hackathons International

PARTICIPATION ELIGIBILITY

Tertiary education Students aged 18-28: undergraduates, postgraduate, recent graduates, and independent researchers.
Team size of up to 3 people. (Individual participants will have the opportunity to participate alone or join with others and form a team)
Students residing in APAC (Asia-Pacific) regions e.g Australia, Singapore, Malaysia, India etc.

PARTICIPATION ELIGIBILITY

Tertiary education Students aged 18-28: undergraduates, postgraduate, recent graduates, and independent researchers.
Team size of up to 3 people. (Individual participants will have the opportunity to participate alone or join with others and form a team)
Students residing in APAC (Asia-Pacific) regions e.g Australia, Singapore, Malaysia, India etc.

REGISTRATION

Register yourself and/or your team here on Humanitix
Follow email instructions for steps to confirm your participation
Wait for a follow up email to join our Discord channel.
Start Hacking!

LAST YEARS SECUR'IT CUP'20

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