OREANDA-NEWS. August 31, 2012. Kaspersky Lab’s Student Competition ‘CyberSecurity for the Next Generation’ Kicks Off in North America as Highlight of 9th Annual NYU-Poly CSAW Challenges

Kaspersky Lab, a leading developer of secure content and threat management solutions, announces the start of the regional stage of its international student competition ‘CyberSecurity for the Next Generation 2013’. The first round, the North American Cup, is accepting paper submissions from students. Since its launch last year, the North American Cup has been held in partnership with the Polytechnic Institute of New York University (NYU-Poly) Cyber Security Awareness Week (CSAW), The NYU-Poly CSAW challenges are among the oldest and broadest student-led competitions, and are designed to encourage awareness of the increasing threats to privacy and security issues for individuals, governments, business and smart infrastructure. Kaspersky Lab’s North American Cup at CSAW annual competition is a unique platform. It brings together young professionals & researchers, IT security experts & professors, and decision makers from the IT business and media from all over the world in a collaborative and creative environment. The event gives them the opportunity to present and discuss the most burning issues relating to global cybercrime.The conference will offer young researchers a unique opportunity to present their original research and at the same time improve their knowledge of IT security. Participants will showcase their projects and open themselves to potential new and attractive career opportunities in IT security.

Bachelors, Masters and Ph.D. students from higher education institutions and graduate schools based in the USA and Canada are welcome to enter.

Participation is free of charge. To participate applicants need to:

Register at the official conference site: www.kaspersky.com/educational-events.

Submit their research paper by 16 October, 2012

Prepare a 10 minute presentation (subject to winning a place at the conference)

The topics for this year are:

1) Emerging threats for emerging platforms

Embedded systems; Mobile security (Android, IOS, Windows Phone); Windows 8, Mac OS & other operating systems, etc.

2) Securing cloud, virtual & ‘big-data’ infrastructure

Mail services; Storage services; Social networks, etc.

3) Future protection technologies

Proactive detection technologies; Filtering technologies; Web application security, etc.

4) Securing corporate infrastructure

Combating advanced persistent threats (APTS)/targeted attacks; Vulnerabilities, exploits; Rootkits/bootkits; Botnets; DDoS attacks; Network security, etc.

5) Security education

Tools and resources to raise and promote IT security awareness

A program committee consisting of Kaspersky Lab experts, IT security professors and decision-makers from IT business and media, will review all papers. The authors of the most interesting and innovative cybersecurity projects will be invited to the conference at NYU-Poly on the 15th-17th November 2012. The conference is held in a very friendly, creative and supportive atmosphere and promises to be an unforgettable experience. Kaspersky Lab will cover all participants’ travel and accommodation expenses.

The winners will receive generous cash prizes as well as an invitation to attend the international final conference that every year brings together the best-of-the-best from the regional elimination rounds held in North and South America, Europe, Asia-Pacific & MEA, and Russia & the CIS. The final stage of this year’s conference will take place in the UK in May 2013.