Ignite launched Pakistan’s first nationwide Digital Pakistan Cybersecurity Hackathon
Ministry of IT & Telecom and its associated company, Ignite launched Pakistan’s first nationwide Digital Pakistan Cybersecurity Hackathon. Teams from different institutes compete in five categories including application exploitation, mobile device exploitation, network attacks and exploitation, operating systems exploitation, and speed programming. Ignite is hosted the hackathon which assisted in improving cybersecurity readiness, protection, and incident response capabilities of the country by conducting cyber drills at the national level. The event was held on October 16-17, 2021 at UET Lahore. worthy Vice Chancellor UET Lahore, Prof. Dr. Syed Mansoor Sarwar, and Director KICS, Prof. Dr. Waqar Mahmood also attended the event whereas Dr. Waqar delivered a talk as a keynote speaker highlighting the importance of cybersecurity.
The two-day event concluded with the certificate distribution ceremony to the winners.
