Belgium sends 10 top talents to the European Cybersecurity Challenge in Prague
Today our Belgian Red Daemons leave for Prague to represent our country at the annual European Cyber Security Challenge (ECSC 2021). They will compete against teams from 21 other European countries. For three days they will puzzle and wrack their brains on a variety of security problems that will test their knowledge of cryptography, reverse engineering, network security and analysis of forensics.
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Belgium is once again sending a team of talented cybersecurity students to compete against 21 other teams in the European Cybersecurity Challenge. We are sure that they will represent Belgium with dignity and prove once again that our country can be proud of its promising young talent. As the national authority on cybersecurity, the CCB can only support such initiatives. It is a unique opportunity to put tomorrow's cyber experts in the spotlight and to demonstrate the quality of our programs on a European level. Go Belgian Red Daemons!
Je suis très heureux que nous puissions participer cette année avec une équipe aussi performante. Je crois que nous sommes parvenus à encore plus booster cette équipe grâce à la flexibilité de nos jeunes talents et à l’engagement des spécialistes les plus pointus. Ces initiatives sont très importantes pour donner un coup de projecteur sur le secteur IT. En faisant connaître notre domaine de spécialité et en le rendant attractif, nous encourageons les étudiants à entamer des études dans la cybersécurité. Et c’est indispensable : disposer de profils adéquats dans notre pays pour protéger les technologies de demain à travers le monde. Nous sommes impatients de participer à cette édition ECSC2021 ft. The Belgian Red Daemons!
We are happy that in the past 2 years we have been able to organize the Cyber Cybersecurity Challenge under difficult circumstances as an online event. Many students have been able to prove themselves in the difficult challenges, both on a technical level and in working together as a team. We wish the Belgian Red Daemons team the best of luck and are already working on the preparations for the next edition planned for March 2022.
Facts and figures ECSC 2021
- Prague, Czech Republic, 28 September - 1 October 2021
- 22 participating countries https://ecsc.eu/#mapcontainer
- The 10 participants (and 2 reserve players) are the winners of CSCBE 2020 and best scoring participants of 2021
- Team leader and technical coach: Nik Du Bois (CCB)
- Coach - Jeroen Beckers (NVISO)
- Team advisor - Annika Ten Velden (NVISO) and Caroline Breure (CCB)