"Winner Crowned in “Hacker Games” Contest Promoting Secure Coding Skills"

During Veracode's inaugural Hacker Games competition, the University of Warwick has been crowned as the winner.  After coming out on top in a collegiate contest between eight universities from across the UK and US, the WMG Cyber Security Center at the University of Warwick was awarded a $10,000 charitable donation. Tufts University came in second place, earning a $5000 donation. Additionally, prize money was given to each player from the winning teams and overall top scorers.  During the event, a total of nearly 90 computer science and cybersecurity students undertook a series of hands-on coding challenges over two weeks (March 15-25). Held in Veracode’s Security Labs to gamify the experience, the participants successfully solved a total of 8500 labs and accumulated nearly 100,000 points.  The initiative, which the UK government supports, aims to help close the cybersecurity skills gap by encouraging the development of secure coding skills among the younger generation.

Infosecurity reports: "Winner Crowned in “Hacker Games” Contest Promoting Secure Coding Skills"