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HE Dr. Said Al-Rubaiei, Vice Chancellor of University of Technology and Applied Sciences patronized the finale of the Cyber Security Competition “Cython2024”, organized by the Ministry of Education and University of Technology and Applied Sciences at the HCT Auditorium, where winners were announced and honoured.

Among the school section, the first-place winners were “The Defcons” team, second came the “Cyber_Flood” team, and third were “ExploitNinjas” team. From the University section, the first-place winner was “The Default” team, second came “NeonFloyd” team, and the third place came “SQU-Injection” team.

Dr. Ahmed Al Mamari, Assistant Vice Chancellor delivered the University’s speech at the ceremony, and praised all the efforts done by the students through their sportsmanship, expressing his satisfaction with the students’ accomplishments. He said: “Our commitment in developing the Cyber Security is rooted within our realization for its significance in the new age of technology, the challenges of the Information Security require preparing a generation capable of facing such challenges with efficacy and solutions”.

Suliman Al-Kindi, Advisor to the Minister of Education for Information Technology, delivered the Ministry’s speech in which he talked about the importance of Cyber Security as the foundation of protecting the infrastructure network like the financial, health and educational sectors. He assured that: “this competition is an opportunity for students to familiarize themselves in the Cyber Security world and gain experiences in Penetration Testing, Coding, Digital Crime Investigation.