Today 8th March 2021 Silensec celebrates International Women’s Day by acknowledging and praising the invaluable contribution that women bring to cybersecurity industry.

International Women’s Day, though in existence for more than 100 years and annually celebrated with public holidays in many places, has only just begun to gather momentum worldwide. However, with women’s rights issues at the forefront of the media and public attention at the moment, we fully expect the day to become as culturally significant as any local public holiday.

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Silensec and the ITU Arab Regional Cyber Security Center (ITU-ARCC) are delighted to announce that they will continue for the third year running their partnership on the Regional ‘Threat Hunters’ competition.

“In the past three editions of this competition, we have been humbled by the huge support and enthusiasm of the participants from the various Arab countries“, say the organizers.

Due to the unique circumstances affecting this year’s world activities, Regional Threat Hunters 2020 will be delivered in a fully online geographically distributed setting and witnessing the full firepower and great flexibility of the Cyber Ranges platform from Silensec.

“We are anticipating a highly successful event that will bring together the best cybersecurity experts and enthusiasts from multiple locations across the Arab world, including the Gulf.”

Eng. Badar Al Salehi, Head of ITU ARCC, and Dr. Almerindo Graziano, CEO of Silensec, have issued the following joint statement:
“This is a further combined effort that helps the Arab nations enhance and develop their dexterity in cybersecurity, sharpening their skillset and competence in the cyber defence of their enterprises and critical infrastructures. We wish everyone both a challenging and ultimately successful competition. Once again, we want to acknowledge our distinguished partners for their continuous support.”

As to the running of the competition, each participating country goes through their own national-level event, with the winners, both individuals and teams, advancing to the Regional Threat Hunters 2020 Final.

More information on this event can be found at: www.cyberstars.pro and registrations are now open at: https://cyberstars.pro/arcc/register/

 

Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) has moved to tackle the growing cyber threat by launching the first-ever cybersecurity competition targeting university students.

More than 500 university students aged 18-24 participated in an inaugural workshop on cybersecurity techniques at the Commission head office in Bugolobi on Friday, February 21, 2020.

It’s with great pleasure we can announce our successful participation at the Safe Internet Day organised by the Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority (TCRA) held at the University of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania.

Following the great success of the National Finals held at the University of Dodoma on 20/12/2019, we were happy to see the growing interest carry on to this event.

Rwanda has opened the second cyber security competition that will introduce a new batch of young Rwandans in the battle against cyber attackers who have become very much creative.

The competition involving 150 students from 16 universities and institutions of high learning students was officially launched on Tuesday with a workshop on cyber security technics conducted by Kenyan cyber security specialist, Kapere Ndege.