European Cybersecurity Challenge

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European Cybersecurity Challenge (ECSC)
StatusActive
Genre CTF Competition
FrequencyAnnual
VenueVaries (within Europe)
Location(s) Europe
Years active10
InauguratedNovember 3, 2014 (2014-11-03) [1]
Previous eventOctober 7–11, 2024
Next eventOctober, 2025 [2]
Organised by ENISA
Website ecsc.eu

The European Cybersecurity Challenge (ECSC) is an annual cybersecurity competition organized by the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA). The event aims to foster young talent in the field of cybersecurity by bringing together teams of young individuals from various European countries to compete in solving cybersecurity-related challenges. The challenge days are usually split between the two popular CTF formats: jeopardy and attack-defense. [3] Teams consist of 10 players under the age of 25 including 5 under the age of 20. Each country runs national qualifiers and competitions as part of the selection process. [4] It has been described as "the Eurovision of cybersecurity". [5] [6]

Previous Events [7]
YearNumber of Official TeamsLocationWinner
20143 [1] Fürstenfeld, Austria ?
20156 Lucerne, SwitzerlandAustria
201610 Düsseldorf, GermanySpain
201715 Malaga, SpainSpain
201817 London, United KingdomGermany
201920 Bucharest, RomaniaRomania [8]
202119 Prague, Czech RepublicGermany [9]
202228 Vienna, Austria [6] [10] Denmark [11]
202328 Hamar, NorwayGermany [12] [13]
202431 Turin, Italy [14] Germany [15] [16] [17]


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