They came from across the country to take part in the third New Zealand Cyber Security Challenge last week at the University of Waikato, and Team Hodor walked away the winner.
Team Hodor (Sjoerd de Feijter, Matthew Stringer and Vladimir Petko) from the Gallagher Group was the overall winner of the competition. Sjoerd de Feijter was the first awardee of the Sir William Gallagher Cyber Security Scholarship.
Runner-up was 17-year-old solo entrant Michael Robertson from Cambridge High School competing in the secondary school category. Michael also won scholarships to the Faculty of Computing and Mathematical Sciences at the University of Waikato. A team from Tararua College (PHT Hackers – Caleb Fincham, Ben Fleming and Joshua Gibbs) from the Manawatu-Wanganui region came second in the same category.
Second runner-up was Arcton (Jeremy Symon, Nathaniel Watson and Grady Hooker) from the Faculty of Computing and Mathematical Sciences, competing in the tertiary category.
Organiser Dr Ryan Ko says the goal of the Challenge was to focus on developing cyber security skills needed by professionals, and to promote innovations in the cyber field. For the full article click here
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