Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA – November 11, 2013

The 2013 Global CyberLympics computer network defense competition ended with a bang as the top 8 teams from around the world traveled to Atlanta to battle it out for the title of the Global CyberLympics World Champion at the Hacker Halted conference.

Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA – September 18, 2013

Two Middle East ethical hackers from Help AG, a regional information security consulting company, have qualified to participate in the World Finals of the Global CyberLympics, an EC-Council Foundation initiative supported by the United Nation’s International Telecommunications Union (ITU)

Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA – September 16, 2013

Global CyberLympics is an international online ethical hacking, computer network defense game. Currently in its third year, Global CyberLympics is excited to announce the 2013 global results thus far. The 2013 competition consisted of more than 6,400 players spanning 70 different countries. This year’s Global CyberLympics competition featured a banking theme, where the participants had to solve a series of challenges as if they were hired as independent IT security contractors to figure out who hacked a bank’s network.

Clearwater, Florida, USA – August 26, 3013

(ISC)²® (“ISC-squared”), the world’s largest information security professional body and administrators of the CISSP®, today announced the official charter approval of its 100th Chapter. The milestone was reached when the San Diego Chapter petition was signed this month. Launched in 2011, the (ISC)² Chapter Program aims to strengthen the global information security professional community through collaboration, education, networking and mentoring. With an emphasis on information security education for professionals and vulnerable publics, the (ISC)2 Chapter program is helping to overcome the information security skills gap and workforce shortage occurring around the world.

Since the Chapter program began, nearly 9,000 aspiring and established cyber security professionals around the globe have broadened their knowledge and their professional and personal networks through (ISC)² Chapters. Chapter achievements from the past year include:

• The Colombo Sri Lanka Chapter sent representatives to join the Sri Lankan team that participated in the global CyberLympics finals. The Global CyberLympics is a not-for-profit initiative of the EC-Council Foundation supported by the Geneva-based International Telecommunications Union (ITU). Its goal is to raise awareness toward increased education and ethics in information security through a series of cyber competitions that encompass forensics, ethical hacking and defense.

• The Korea Chapter has engaged local universities in an effort to promote information security career and studies. They recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Dongguk University, whereby Chapter members will recommend five CISSPs per semester to pursue information security and technology graduate schools and receive a 20 percent discount off their tuition. Korea Chapter executives are also giving lectures to the students at Dongguk University and Korea Cyber University. They also collaborated with Seoul School of Integrated Science and Technology and Kangwon University to conduct joint research on information security.

• The Ethiopia Chapter has embarked on an active public awareness campaign about social issues related to information security. This includes featuring talks on local radio stations about cyber threats and ways to protect the community at large, and participation in the Cyber Security Panel at the recent Innovation Africa Digital Summit 2013.

• The London Chapter started a Women in Security (WiS) special interest group in 2012, and in 2013, the development of a mentoring program to help women discover the opportunities that the profession offers and encourage more to join the field. The group has raised awareness of the gender imbalance of women working in information security in the United Kingdom and the particular strengths women bring to the profession. They are focused on helping women develop skills, confidence and their careers and encouraging women to get involved in broader industry initiatives.

• The Manitoba/Saskatchewan Chapter collaborated with CIPS Manitoba, Skull Space, and ISACA to implement a cyber security educational program called the Canadian Cyber Defense Challenge (CDC). The CDC is part of a pilot study that will develop students’ awareness and understanding of cyber security fundamentals.

• The New Jersey Chapter has established a “Junior Chapter” membership category, which allows local high school students interested in volunteering for information security community outreach efforts to join the Chapter. The Junior Chapter is currently focused on educating senior citizens on how to safeguard their information and prevent identity theft. The first Junior Chapter member is a 15-year-old high school student who was inspired to help prevent senior citizens from becoming victims of identity theft after an incident occurred with an elderly member of her family. The student developed a step-by-step guide called ‘Not in My Name’ to educate senior citizens on how to prevent identity theft.

• The Sacramento Chapter has made great strides in attracting young people to the information security field. Through its members’ participation in the Young Professionals Program, emerging professionals are given a platform to connect with mentors, peers, and job opportunities, and to find their place in the security community. The Chapter also furthered its engagement in the community by helping to expand the (ISC)² Foundation’s Safe and Secure Online Program, teaching 600 children and 25 parents learn how to protect themselves online and become responsible digital citizens.

“The explosive growth of our Chapters is a testament to the passion (ISC)² members have for strengthening and giving back to both their local civic and professional communities,” said W. Hord Tipton, CISSP-ISSEP, CAP, CISA, executive director, (ISC)². “They are the backbone of (ISC)² and a focal point for the global information security community.”

About (ISC)²
(ISC)² is the largest not-for-profit membership body of certified information and software security professionals worldwide, with over 90,00 0 members in more than 135 countries. Globally recognized as the Gold Standard, (ISC)² issues the Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSPÒ) and related concentrations, as well as the Certified Secure Software Lifecycle Professional (CSSLPÒ), the Certified Cyber Forensics Professional (CCFPSM), Certified Authorization Professional (CAPÒ), and Systems Security Certified Practitioner (SSCPÒ) credentials to qualifying candidates. (ISC)²’s certifications are among the first information technology credentials to meet the stringent requirements of ISO/IEC Standard 17024, a global benchmark for assessing and certifying personnel. (ISC)² also offers education programs and services based on its CBK®, a compendium of information and software security topics. More information is available at ISC2.org.

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Hyderabad, India – August 21, 2013

Six ethical hackers from the city will represent India at the Global CyberLympics Hacking Championship to be held in Atlanta, USA, next month as part of a global search to identify experts, who can help strengthen security systems of countries.

CyberLympics is an international ethical hacking, computer forensics and computer network defence competition which started in 2010. This is the first time that a team from India has qualified to compete with the world’s best.

Story available at The Times of India.

Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA – July 30, 2013

The Global CyberLympics’ 1st High School Competition kicked off with a bang, as 252 high school students across the world participated in the challenge.

The Global CyberLympics High School competition is off to a great start, as 252 students participated in Round 1 the Forensics competition. The Forensics competition consisted as a series of challenges that revolved around a banking game theme. During the competition high school students, were designated as independent security contractors hired to solve the crime of who defaced a large bank’s website. The students were given a series of encrypted files in which they had to unlock, in order to gain clues as to which group of hackers attacked the bank.

Guest Blog – July 16, 2013

I really enjoyed the first hour of this round, since we only got a 22 MB pcap file, and 10 questions, and we had to do a little investigation. But the last 2 hours were miserable. Question 10 was basically 5 challenges, but pretty hard…

Guest Blog – July 10, 2013

We recently participated in the first round of the CyberLympics, which consisted of a 3 hour challenge to dissect a packet capture and answer a series of questions about it….

June 5, 2013

Hackers! A great platform for you to show your skills at an international level, Global CyberLympics is an event going to be organized worldwide starting in June 2013.

Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA – April 22, 2013

Global CyberLympics, an international ethical hacking, cyber security online game is proud to announce its newly formed advisory board. The Advisory Board is made up of the following members…