{"id":5393,"date":"2014-07-14T15:00:52","date_gmt":"2014-07-14T19:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.com\/blog\/?p=5393"},"modified":"2020-02-26T10:53:14","modified_gmt":"2020-02-26T15:53:14","slug":"csng-2014-finals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.com\/blog\/csng-2014-finals\/5393\/","title":{"rendered":"Kaspersky Academy Cyber Security for the Next Generation: Stockholm Finals"},"content":{"rendered":"

From\u00a0<\/span>June<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>23<\/span>\u2013<\/span>25 Stockholm<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>h<\/span>ost<\/span>ed<\/span>\u00a0the\u00a0<\/span>Fi<\/span>nal<\/span>\u00a0Round<\/span>\u00a0of\u00a0<\/span>Kaspersky\u00a0<\/span>Lab\u2019s<\/span>\u00a0 \u201c<\/span>CyberSecurity<\/span>\u00a0for the Next Generation\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>student\u00a0 conference<\/span>. The were 12 studen<\/span>t finalists<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>from\u00a0<\/span>8<\/span>\u00a0different countries\u00a0<\/span>who\u00a0<\/span>had won their way through the regional rounds<\/span>. Over the course of these few days, the students faced 5 challenges:\u00a0 th<\/span>re<\/span>e\u00a0<\/span>individual\u00a0<\/span>challenges\u00a0<\/span>\u2013\u00a0<\/span>the \u201cElevator Pitch\u201d, \u201c<\/span>Future News\u00a0<\/span>Video Report\u201d and \u201cPoster\u201d<\/span>\u00a0\u2013 and two teams event,\u00a0<\/span>\u201cCyber Quiz\u201d and \u201cComputer Security Competition\u201d<\/span>, called \u201cOperation Double \u2013Cross\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n

The aim of this international event is to\u00a0<\/span>nurture\u00a0<\/span>young people\u00b4s interest in Cyber Security, an area\u00a0<\/span>which<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>is set to become more and more important\u00a0<\/span>as our reliance on technology increases<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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After\u00a0<\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>Welcome Speech by Natalya\u00a0<\/span>Obelets<\/span>, Deputy Head of Educati<\/span>on Initiatives at Kaspersky\u00a0<\/span>Lab;<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Marie\u00a0<\/span>Alveras<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Loven<\/span>, Head of CERT-SE Swedish Contingencies Agency, gave a presentation about the way her organization reacts in the face of security problems, informing us that\u00a0<\/span>in<\/span>\u00a02013\u00a0<\/span>we\u00a0<\/span>saw a 62% rise in the number of breaches compared to 2012.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>(Did you know that you\u00a0<\/span>can<\/span>\u00a0go online and buy a\u00a0<\/span>DDoS<\/span>-attack from $2\/hour or $150 a week?).<\/span><\/p>\n

David Jacoby, Senior Researcher of Kaspersky\u00a0<\/span>Lab,<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>used his\u00a0<\/span>Social Engineering Experiment<\/span><\/a>\u00a0to\u00a0<\/span>put us in the picture about the ease with which a public institution can be hacked. He emphasized that instead of worrying about future threats, businesses should address the more basic security\u00a0<\/span>requirements which<\/span>\u00a0may cause them problems right now.<\/span><\/p>\n

After the talks were over, it was down to the students to\u00a0<\/span>take the<\/span>\u00a0stage<\/span>\u00a0for the<\/span>\u00a0\u201cElevator Pitch\u201d challenge. Each student was given a time limit of\u00a0<\/span>3<\/span>\u00a0minutes plus a\u00a0<\/span>2<\/span>\u00a0minute<\/span>\u00a0question time to convince the audience of their project. The winner of this\u00a0<\/span>challenge<\/span>\u00a0was<\/span>\u00a0an<\/span>\u00a0Italian student Maurizio\u00a0<\/span>Abb<\/span>\u00e0<\/span>, who\u00a0<\/span>impres<\/span>sed the program committee with\u00a0<\/span>a<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>presentation\u00a0<\/span>of his paper about Honeypots.

Meet young researchers that will shape security world in the next decade<\/p>Tweet<\/a><\/blockquote><\/span><\/p>\n

Next on the agenda was a presentation given by<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Vyacheslav<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Zakorzhevsky<\/span>, Vulnerability Research Group Manager<\/span>, who talked about\u00a0<\/span>Exploits<\/span><\/a>. As part of the talk, he showed an impressive graph highlighting the vulnerabilities detected in the Java Platform. (Remember to update to the latest version!)<\/span><\/p>\n

For the second\u00a0<\/span>student\u00a0<\/span>challenge<\/span>, the finalists were required to<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>put together a video report detailing\u00a0<\/span>Cyber Security news that we would be likely to come up against in the year 2020. Thanks to his original approach to the challenge, the winner of this\u00a0<\/span>challenge<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>was\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>David<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Korczynski<\/span>\u00a0from Royal Holloway University of London.<\/span><\/p>\n

Challenge number 3 called for the students to represent their project in poster format, using a combination of text, photos and graphics in order to communicate their\u00a0<\/span>research\u00a0 findings<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span>Artem<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Shumilov<\/span>, from Bauman Moscow State Technical University, achieved first place with<\/span>\u00a0his project on how to improve<\/span>\u00a0Captcha through\u00a0<\/span>Gesture Technology.<\/span><\/p>\n

T<\/span>he last day of the conference\u00a0<\/span>brought four\u00a0<\/span>interesting presentations. Stefan B.\u00a0<\/span>Grinneby<\/span>\u00a0offered advice\u00a0<\/span>about finding<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>that all-important<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>first job in security,<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Maria\u00a0<\/span>Garnaeva<\/span>, Security Researcher at Kaspersky Lab, talked about BlackEnergy2<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>DDoS<\/span>\u00a0bot<\/span>, and Beverly Magda, professor at Georgetown<\/span>\u00a0University,<\/span>\u00a0reminded us of a topic which often seems to be sidelined in the world of cyber security: ethics. Finally, Daniel W K\u00a0<\/span>Tse<\/span>, professor at the City University of Hong Kong, talked about the need for companies to have clearly defined policies regarding their use of social media.<\/span><\/p>\n

The atmosphere of the Hilton Auditorium\u00a0<\/span>was transformed<\/span>\u00a0by the \u201cCyber Quiz\u201d, one of the final student\u00a0<\/span>team\u00a0<\/span>challenges, hosted by\u00a0<\/span>Dr.\u00a0<\/span>Stefano\u00a0<\/span>Ortolani<\/span>, Education Initiatives Manager at Kaspersky Lab. The excitement was\u00a0<\/span>infectious<\/span>, and after a spirited competition, Team 2, made up of<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Sergey\u00a0<\/span>Shpak<\/span>\u00a0(National Research Nuclear University\u00a0<\/span>MePhl<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>Rusia<\/span>), Armando\u00a0<\/span>Miraglia<\/span>\u00a0(<\/span>Vrije<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Universieit<\/span>\u00a0Amsterdam) and\u00a0<\/span>Wenjuan<\/span>\u00a0Li (City University of Hong Kong<\/span>)<\/span>, emerged victorious.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Our<\/span>\u00a0sincerest thanks and congratulations to all the students who participated in the\u00a0<\/span>event,<\/span>\u00a0and of course to the professors and speakers involved.<\/span><\/p>\n

You can find more information about upcoming events\u00a0<\/span>at<\/span>:<\/span><\/p>\n