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  Southampton returned to the national Inter-ACE competition hosted by the University of Cambridge. This time there were more than 30 teams competing and a wider range of universities had been invited than in previous years, with invitations extended beyond just the ACEs. Each team was comprised of up to four students and each university…

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  One big industry, lots of different options   I regularly speak at universities and careers fairs about opportunities and pathways within the cyber security industry. More often than not, the first type of role always discussed is penetration testing. This is indeed a great career path. However, there are other options! Here at Context…

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Are you wondering what sort of challenges lie in wait for competitors at this year’s Inter-ACE competition? We have crafted a reverse engineering challenge just for you! Crack me!

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Securing the future digital society from Frank Stajano Explains on Vimeo. A video of the panel seminar recorded at the C2C 2017, discussing the socio-economic and geo-political factors that could affect the careers of the future cyber-defenders in the audience. Moderator: Professor Sir John McCanny, Regius Professor of Electronics and Computer Engineering, Queen’s University Belfast…

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The Official Welcome from Professor Frank Stajano: It is my great pleasure to welcome all participants to the 800-years-old University of Cambridge. Since the inaugural C2C 2016 last year, held at MIT with 15 students from MIT and 10 from Cambridge, we have run two further national “Inter-ACE” competitions. Today’s C2C 2017 is our largest…

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Madalina Sas from the Inter-ACE 2017 winning team and Rodrigo Vieira Steiner from the C2C 2017 winning team, describe what they got out of competing:   Q. Madalina, what do you feel were the main benefits of taking part in the Inter-ACE? A. Meeting talented people with a similar mindset, getting in touch with the cybersecurity…

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