This stage of the competition saw 25 finalists pitting themselves against real-world malware challenges set by SophosLabs’ world leading security experts.
This weekend’s competition was the last of three stages that make up the road to the 2010 Cyber Security Challenge UK final.
As with the earlier competitions, Sophos found the standard of competitors taking part in the Treasure Hunt to be extremely high.
As well as the accolade of winning this competition, Simon Walker, a software consultant from Tring, has also won a place in the Challenge’s final – The Masterclass – to be hosted in Bristol at HP Labs in March 2011.
Simon will be joined by other high-ranking participants for the chance to be crowned the UK’s Cyber Security Champion, including Saturday’s runners up Alan Steer, an IT support worker from Rugby who came second, and Jack Dipper, an RAF engineering officer from Suffolk who came third.
All will be awarded prizes from a pool of career-building and education-focused awards, including internships and other opportunities with leading companies, bursaries at Universities and SANS Institute and 7Safe training.
The charge towards next year’s Cyber Security Challenge UK has already begun. Registrations for the UK Category of the DC3 Digital Forensics Challenge set by the US Department for Defence is already open. Anyone interested in testing their mettle should visit: https://cybersecuritychallenge.org.uk/competitions/forensics.html
