Cyprus participates in European Cyber Security Challenge

Cyprus’ National Cyber Security Team will on Monday travel to Vienna, Austria to participate in this year’s European Cyber Security Competition.

A total of 33 countries will take part in the competition with people aged 14-25, including pupils, students, professionals, hackers, security researchers, as well as self-taught individuals in the field of cyber security.

The Cypriot delegation consists of Simon Loizidis (Team Leader), Vasilis Charalambos, Andreas Tsouloupas, Odysseas Stavrou, Eleni Ioakeim, Christodoulos Sotiriou, Panagiotis Gavriil, Christos Falas, Joseph Modestou, Marios Kailis and Evangelos Liudakis.

The team will be accompanied by a number of mentors.

The corresponding CCSC Pancyprian competition is organised annually by the Cyprus Computer Society (CCS) and the CyberMouflons Hacking Community.

CCSC 2022 is sponsored by the ministry of defence, the ministry of education, Cyprus police, as well as the Digital Security Authority through the Office of the Communications Commissioner.