The local final of CyberChallengeIT 2021, the national training program for young talents between 16 and 23 years old, was held recently to recruit the next generation of cybersecurity professionals.
The project initially involved almost 5,000 students from all over Italy who participated in the selections to join a local team of about twenty students.
The 21 cyberdefenders of the University of Trento have been involved in a 72-hour training activity at the Department of Information Engineering and Computer Science between March and May. At the end of the training course, the local competition was held to select the 6 students who will represent the University of Trento in the national competition scheduled online on 7 July.
The UniTrento team is made up of:
- Lorenzo Demeio, undergraduate student in Mathematics, UniTrento
- Andrea Dipace, undergraduate student in Computer Science, UniTrento
- Daniele Cabassi, undergraduate student Computer Science, UniTrento
- Mattia Corrà, undergraduate student in Physics, UniTrento
- Samuele Pozzani, undergraduate student in Computer, Communication and Electronic Engineering, UniTrento
- Davide Piva, undergraduate student in Computer Science, UniTrento
The team is coordinated by prof. Bruno Crispo and PhD Student in Information Engineering and Computer Science Luca Degani.
The award ceremony of the local competition will take place on 6 July at 10.00.
Since 2020 CyberChallenge.IT has been recognized by the Ministry of Education as a project for the enhancement of excellence.
The proposed model is unique of its kind on the international scene; in fact, it provides not only the use of gaming as a tool of attraction for young people but also a significant multidisciplinary training course. This course focuses on the technical, scientific and ethical introduction to issues related to IT security, alternating theoretical lessons and exercises on various topics such as cryptography, malware analysis and web security.
The training course aims to provide the methodological and practical bases required to analyze vulnerabilities and possible attacks, identifying the most suitable solutions to prevent them, in different areas of cybersecurity.
For more information: CyberChallenge.IT