United Nations Cybersecurity Challenge @ Vienna, Austria

During the school vacation (5 -6 December), two of our DISM Year-3 students, Davis Zheng and Ashley were selected to attend the HACKATHON event @ Vienna, Austria on ‘Countering Terrorist Use of the Internet and Social Media through Digital and Cyber-Security Solutions’.

The event was organised by the United Nations Counter-Terrorism Centre (UNCCT), within the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT), in collaboration with the Office of Information and Communication Technology (OICT).

The finalists consisted of 35 young professionals from 16 countries grouped into 13 teams.

The event was hosted by AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH.

Davis Zheng and Ashley Tan.

This event provided opportunity for the participants to network and exchange ideas. It was a great platform for the participants to pitch their projects to the panel of judges from UN. We look forward to seeing more such hackathon events and all participants would have experienced professional growth as a direct result of the hackathon participation.