Computing students win awards in the cybersecurity competition
18 December 2020
Computing students win awards in the cybersecurity competition
Awardees and Awards :
Team YH – Champion
KWOK Chun-wai Jason
LAI Ming-wai
LAI Tit-hung Jackson
LI Bangjie
Team WH4LE – The 6th place
CHU Wai-lun
HO Lok-hei
TSOI Sai-wing
YEE Chun-heng Henry
Competition :
“HackaDay 2020: Capture the Flag” Competition organized by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)
Programmes:
Bachelor of Computing with Honours in Internet Technology
Details:
“HackaDay 2020: Capture the Flag” is a cybersecurity competition organized by PricewaterhouseCoopers. This year, 21 teams from the universities in Hong Kong and Macau joined the competitive challenge and were requested to resolve various cybersecurity issues within a specific time frame, including threat identification, defence setup, neuralization, ethical penetration, and host attack etc. Eight students from the Internet Technology programme formed two teams to participate in the competition. One team was crowned the Championship while another team ranked 6th in the competition. Their outstanding achievement has demonstrated their knowledge and strong ability in the field of internet technology.
