Cyberlympics Competition

Introduction – Cyberlympics

The cyberlympics is part of our annual forum and is held in parallel with the 2-day forum. The program is designed to help address the challenge of the cyber-security skills gap in Africa, which continues to grow both in the private and the public sector.

This is an online cyber-security and cyber-defense competition. It pits teams from across the African continent in a 24-hour intense hands-on real-life based scenarios and hands-on Virtual labs that cover a series of challenges in areas such as: offensive cyber-warfare, Digital forensics, cyber-defense, cryptography, Web Application Exploitation, System Exploitation, Malware Analysis, Reverse Engineering, Cryptography, programming among many other areas.

• Teams compete against players from all over the African continent in a 24-hour online elimination round. The competition starts with a prequalification round where only the best teams get selected to compete during the 24-hour elimination battle.
• Teams consist of Minimum 2 and Maximum 4 players. 1st, 2nd, and 3rd placed teams will be awarded prizes and participation certificates at the Africa Cyber Defense Forum Closing Ceremony.