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. Teams consist of at most 10 players under the age of 25, at most 5 of them over the age of 20. Each country runs national qualifiers and competitions as part of the selection process. It has been described as "the Eurovision of cybersecurity".
+ Previous Events Year Number of Official Teams Location Winner 2014 3 Fürstenfeld, Austria ? 2015 6 Lucerne, Switzerland Austria 2016 10 Düsseldorf, Germany Spain 2017 15 Málaga, Spain Spain 2018 17 London, United Kingdom Germany 2019 20 Bucharest, Romania Romania 2021 19 Prague, Czech Republic Germany 2022 28 Vienna, Austria Denmark 2023 28 Hamar, Norway Germany 2024 31 Turin, Italy Germany 2025 34 Warsaw, Poland Italy 202635Bochum, Germanyto be declared
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