Will you be Europe’s best cybersecurity talent?
European countries have started or are preparing to kick off their national cybersecurity competitions. The winners of the national contests will represent their countries in the ultimate cybersecurity competition on the continent: the European Cyber Security Challenge (ECSC) 2019.

Similar to the ECSC, the national cybersecurity competitions consist of security-related challenges from domains such as web security, mobile security, crypto puzzles, reverse engineering, and forensics, which the participants have to solve in order to collect points. The individuals with the most points win the competition and secure a place in their national team, which will go on to compete in the ECSC 2019 in Romania.
In some countries, the national cybersecurity competitions have already finished, while some of them are currently ongoing or will begin later this year.
ENISA and all the participating countries will post regular updates on the national competitions through their social media channels. Be sure to subscribe to and follow them. The official hashtag of the European Cyber Security Challenge final will be #ECSC2019.
In the table below, you can check the status of the national cybersecurity competition in your country, and how to register and participate:




Country


Official website of the competition


Official social media accounts




Austria


www.verbotengut.at


www.facebook.com/verbotengut/




Cyprus


www.ccsc.org.cy


www.facebook.com/CCSC.Cyprus




Czech Republic


www.kybersoutez.cz


www.facebook.com/kybersoutez
www.twitter.com/kybersoutez




Denmark


www.cyberlandsholdet.dk


www.twitter.com/cyberlandshold




Estonia


www.kybernaaskel.ee


www.facebook.com/kyberolympia




France


www.ssi.gouv.fr


www.twitter.com/ANSSI_FR




Germany


www.cscg.de


www.twitter.com/C_S_C_G
www.facebook.com/cscgermany/




Greece


www.ecsc.gr


https://twitter.com/ethihak




Ireland


www.cybersecuritychallenge.ie


www.twitter.com/ZeroDaysCTF
www.facebook.com/groups/ZeroDaysCTF/




Italy


www.cyberchallenge.it


www.facebook.com/CyberChallengeIT
twitter.com/CyberChallengIT  




Liechtenstein


cybersecurity.li


www.twitter.com/cybersecurityli
instagram.com/cybersecurityli
facebook.com/cybersec.liechtenstein/   https://www.linkedin.com/company/cybersecurity-liechtenstein




Luxembourg


www.cscl.lu


www.twitter.com/CSCLuxembourg
www.facebook.com/LetzCyberChallenge  www.linkedin.com/showcase/cscluxembourg/




Netherlands


www.challengethecyber.nl


 




Norway


www.ntnu.no/ncsc


www.facebook.com/ntnu.no
twitter.com/NTNU 




Poland


hack.cert.pl


 




Portugal


www.cncs.gov.pt/c-days-2019


  twitter.com/CNCSgovpt




Romania


www.cybersecuritychallenge.ro
 


www.facebook.com/ECSCRO/
www.twitter.com/ECSC_Romania




Spain


www.cybercamp.es


www.twitter.com/cybercampEs
www.facebook.com/CyberCampEs
www.linkedin.com/company/incibe/




Switzerland


www.swiss-hacking-challenge.ch


www.twitter.com/swisscyberstorm
www.facebook.com/SwissCyberStorm




UK


www.cybersecuritychallenge.org.uk/


www.twitter.com/cyberchallenge
www.instagram.com/cyberchallenge/
www.facebook.com/cyberchallengeuk/
www.linkedin.com/company/cyber-security-challenge-uk




Each country sets its own rules and eligibility criteria, so make sure you check them out thoroughly.
The ECSC, an initiative of the EU Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA) is already at its sixth edition. The event’s focus is to identify, bring together, and nurture the best cybersecurity talents across Europe, with a view to address the shortage of cybersecurity professionals.
The job fair running in parallel of the ECSC also provides a great platform for young people interested in pursuing a career in cybersecurity to connect with industry organisations.
This year, the ECSC will be hosted by Romania in Bucharest, from 9 to 11 October. The official website of the competition is https://www.europeancybersecuritychallenge.eu/#ecsc.
 
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