The International CyberEx 2021 took place last Wednesday June 30, a competition in which several Uruguayan teams managed to place in the Top 10, including the Guayoyoyo team, member of the Pyxis ecosystem.
The International CyberEx is an activity organised by the Spanish National Institute of Cybersecurity (INCIBE) and the Organisation of American States(OAS). Under the Capture The Flag (CTF) modality, the participating teams have to analyse and resolve different security incidents. In this edition, there were 12 challenges to complete, each with different levels of complexity and scores, which simulated security incidents that occurred in a fictitious organisation. The GuayoyoyoCyber team obtained the ninth position, entering the Top 10 of the competition.
During the 8-hour event, 82 teams from more than 30 countries from the Americas, Europe, Asia and Africa participated. Out of a total of 328 participants, only 5 were women, one of them being Eliana Sanabria, one of the representatives from Guayoyoyo.
This team managed to solve 5 challenges, obtaining 2,950 points, finishing in 9th position and entering the Top 10, thus securing a place at the INCIBE Cybersecurity Summer BootCamp, to be held next year in the city of León, Spain.
In addition to Guayoyoyo, two other Uruguayan teams made it into the Top 10 of the competition. On the one hand, the KMH team, from Krav Maga Hacking, came in second place with 5,250 points. On the other hand, the UCIBERE team (Army Cyber Defence Unit) came in seventh place with 3,425 points. The winner of this edition was the Argentinean team CERTunlp, from the University of La Plata, with 5,250 points.
This is the third time that Guayoyoyo participates in the International CyberEx. Participation in this event is promoted in the company not only as an instance to learn and share knowledge, but also to work as a team, have fun and have a good time.
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