KPI students once again demonstrate leadership in the field of cybersecurity. Our students from the ER FTI won 🥇first and 🥈second places in the Capture the Flag competition. The event, organized by the National Coordination Center for Cybersecurity of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, Cyber Unit Technologies, National Aviation University of Ukraine and CRDF Global in Ukraine with the support of the US Department of State, was held as part of Incident Response Days 3.0.
According to the results of the competition, Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute teams - dcua and Persistent - became the first among the capital's universities and showed the best skills in cyberspace.
“Thanks to the unbridled thirst for victory and the efforts made, we managed to defend the title of the best CTF team in the country at the next all-Ukrainian competition. I am grateful to my team and our manager Nikolay Ivanovich Ilyin for their great contribution to our victory. I believe that we will continue to demonstrate a high level of skills at the next competitions,” said David Shanidze, a member of the dcua team.
Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute has been providing strong training in cybersecurity for 27 years. Our university is a recognized leader in Ukrainian education in this field of knowledge.
⬇️Kyiv Polytechnics are winners of large-scale international and Ukrainian cybersecurity competitions. In particular, a team of DCUA FTI students led by Associate Professor Mykola Ilyin won an undisputed victory, becoming the world champion among more than 12 thousand teams at the 2016 CTF World Championship among “white” hackers.