Kaspersky Lab is delighted to announce the results of the final round of its international student conference CyberSecurity for the Next Generation 2014. The event took place on June 23-25, 2014 in Stockholm, Sweden, and brought together a group of talented students from all over the world.
Twelve students from eight countries – ranked top in the regional rounds of the conference – competed in a variety of unique cybersecurity challenges to test their mettle and prove they are ready to influence the future of IT security. In addition to the pre-set challenges, the contests included complex real-time tasks, a chance to demonstrate presentation skills as well as the ability to talk to a general audience on security-related topics – all of which are necessary for a successful IT security analyst.
Eugene Kaspersky, chairman and CEO of Kaspersky Lab, said: “The cyber domain is evolving at an astonishing pace and brings with it huge benefits. However, this technological progress means a lot of new dangers are created too. Cybercrime continues to spread, and nations are deploying sophisticated cyber-espionage tools and developing potentially devastating cyberweapons. The world is also now facing the very tangible risk of
cyberterrorism. Our mission is to fight any cyber threat out there in the wild and make the Internet a safe and secure place. And that means not only thinking about current problems, but also looking to the future. We believe it’s vital to increase the effort that goes into training and educating the next generation of IT security specialists. So it’s been a great pleasure to see all these gifted students gathered together: the cream of the new cyber-generation! Congratulations to all the winners, in fact to everyone – there were no losers.”
CyberSecurity for the Next Generation 2014 included four regional rounds: the European Cup, the Russia & CIS Cup, the Asia-Pacific & MEA Cup and the Americas Cup. The winners of each round earned their place in the Final Round as well as cash prizes to help further develop their projects. This year’s topics were: emerging threats for emerging platforms; securing cloud, virtual and ‘big-data’ infrastructure; future protection technologies; securing corporate infrastructure; and security education.
