The Cyber 9/12 Geneva Strategy Challenge is designed to provide students with a deeper understanding of the policy challenges associated with an escalating cyber incident and potential cyber conflict.
This year the competition was held online over two days, with two IMSISS teams competing: Cyberians and HTTP418 . The teams were formed by students from the 2018/2020 and the 2019/2021 cohorts. DCU Lecturer, Dr Erika Biagini, coached the teams.
Great work from our @ErasmusIMSISS team #Cyberians at the Geneva 9/12 Cyber Strategy Challenge defending though questioning from the judging panel – Well done Robin Staa, Roman Kolodii, Jeorge Fidel Velasquez and @ValerioViscardi at @TheGCSP pic.twitter.com/ESNJAXNJEB
— Erika Biagini (@BiaginiErika) July 2, 2020
Team HTTP418 were successful in advancing to the second round of the competition.
#HTTP418 Team after the qualifying round – extremely well presented brief and Vgood feed back from the judges – well done to Ethan Pate, Liv Dorak, Anna Romanova, and Maryana Hindaily ✌️✌️✌️ @ErasmusIMSISS @TheGCSP @LawGovDCU @UofGlasgow pic.twitter.com/zlUgjBoiVK
— Erika Biagini (@BiaginiErika) July 2, 2020
This was an experience cherished by our students, who work successfully as a team and explore the challenges of cyber security.
More Information
For more information on the competition, follow the Geneva Centre for Security and Policy on Twitter and check out their website. IMSISS is committed to coaching and presenting teams to the Cyber 9/12 competitions each year (although participation is not guaranteed). There is no fee to compete in the competition, but IMSISS aims to help a select number of students participate in this competition each year. This year we also submitted teams to the UK competition.