“We are honored to sponsor an event that is a critical resource for the training and development of future cybersecurity professionals,” said
The CPTC is an event in which the world’s top cybersecurity students are assigned to penetration test a real-world scenario and determine areas of vulnerability. The participating students gain real-life experience that will prove hugely beneficial to future employers, especially during the growing shortage of cybersecurity professionals in the workforce.
“Each year we attract the top talent from across the world who really are the cream of the crop in the cybersecurity profession,” said
“The ability for the competitors to communicate their findings in a non-technical manner is really one of the things that separates them,” he added. “They speak in that lexicon of risk that every senior leader understands. Translating the technical findings into business impact analysis is a hallmark of the realism of our competition.”
Throughout the fall of 2023, more than 400 elite cybersecurity students from 70 schools gathered at nine regional events across the world to compete in the CPTC regionals. The top 15 collegiate teams will face off in the weekend-long global finals at RIT in
This year’s theme for the competition is “Planes, Trains and Automation” and focuses on critical transportation infrastructure. Participants will be challenged with hacking fictional airports, railways, airline software and more in real-world scenarios.
Paperclip sponsors the competition alongside the
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