After the success of the 2021 edition, which involved more than a thousand young people, registration is now open again for CyberChallenge.IT and OliCyber, the two advanced training programmes aimed at young cybersecurity enthusiasts in Italy and organized by the CINI (National Interuniversity Consortium for Informatics) National Cybersecurity Laboratory.
The novelties start with CyberChallenge.IT, whose registrations are open until January 14th, 2022, and which this year will count on 34 locations with 32 universities, the Tuscan Cybersecurity Competence Centre and the Army Training Command and Application School in Turin.
The Dipartimento di Elettronica, Informazione e Bioingegneria of the Politecnico di Milano is one of the CyberChallenge.IT training centers, with Prof. Mario Polino as coordinator. Prof. Polino is also the coach of the Italian cybersecurity national team, which every year competes in the European Cybersecurity Challenge. This year the team, made up of the best CyberChallenge.IT students, ranked third and Prof. Polino was selected as one of the coaches of the European team.
The more than 800 young men and women aged between 16 and 24 who will be admitted to take part in the programme will have the opportunity to take a first step towards a future career in the world of cybersecurity, which is increasingly central to everyone’s daily lives and relevant to national strategies.
The young people will be supervised by university experts and leading companies in the sector, who will introduce them to the scientific, technical and ethical principles of cybersecurity, with practical activities to defend against cyber attacks. The programme will culminate in a national final competition that will elect the best Italian team.
Along with CyberChallenge.IT, the OliCyber hacking school, the Italian cybersecurity Olympics, is also back. Registration is open until December 9th, 2021. The programme is free of charge and is aimed exclusively at male and female students at secondary schools.
The Ministry of Education has also validated the educational role of the programmes offered by the National Cybersecurity Laboratory, including its activities among the competitions of educational excellence, for which prizes and scholarships are awarded.