The sixth Namibia National Cyber Security Competition was held on the 3rd and 4th December 2020 at Namibia University of Science and Technology (NUST), under the theme “Cyber Security Automated: Rethinking the Human Role”.
The competition took place for a duration of two days, of which day one was an informative session and pre-competition for the participating teams. Day two was reserved for the competition where an overall four teams participated. The student team from the India-Namibia Centre of Excellence in Information Technology (CEIT) won the competition, while the team representing NUST took second place. Lingua College secured the third spot.
The CEIT team members are Rehabeam Shangula, Dorian Juan Slaverse, Pandu Tobias, Efraim Leopold, Donnavan Martins, David Amagulu under the guidance of Mr. Arpit Jain, Centre Head, CEIT as a mentor.
The student team was trained under the programme Certificate in Ethical Hacking and Information Security provided by CEIT. The Centre of Excellence in Information Technology provides certificate programmes in Ethical Hacking and Information Security, Advanced Web Technologies and Big Data Technologies, NQF Level 7 qualifications.