DICT competition aims to discover new breed of cybersecurity experts

Teams from various universities in the National Capital Region on Friday took part in the annual Hack4Gov competition of the Department of Information and Communications Technology .The competition was started in 2019 and will be held in other regions as well.“We have been inviting schools, mga academicians for them to, parang contest ito, capture the flag.

So yung mga attacks na yon, probably 10% success. At the same time, yung mga nag-successful attack, we still do actions for it to be remediated as well,” he emphasized.As of now, the DICT said only 30 government offices out of more than 300 are connected to the department’s realtime monitoring. Its target is for all government offices to be connected to it by 2028.Through Hack4Gov, Reyes said he is hoping that students will choose a career in cybersecurity.

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