Chance to Receive a $10,000 Grant and a Trip to Kaspersky Security Analist Summit 2021

Kaspersky Academy is launching the Kaspersky SECURE IT CUP'20, the goals of the competition are: Innovations development & ideas testing, Sharing knowledge & experience, and Professional development & connecting. 

Overview:

This is a skills-based competition, where eligible participants are invited to submissions of their projects to identified topics (tracks) for evaluation by a panel of judges.

The competition comprises of three stages. The initial stage and second stages (registration and project submission) are open to any individual or group who is eligible to enter the competition, and the final stage is open to no more than forty (40) participants selected from the second stage entry. Prizes are only awarded to those who are selected as winners at the final stage.

Eligibility:

• Yor are eligible for participating in this competition unless you are:

1. employees of the Promoter or its affiliated companies;
2. employees of contractors or suppliers of the Promoter or its affiliated companies, who are professionally connected with the competition or its administration; or
3. members of the immediate families or households of (1) and (2) above;
4. to anyone who has no bank account in his/her own name.

• In entering the competition, the participant confirms that he/she is eligible to do so and eligible to claim the prize(s). The Promoter may require the participant to provide proof that he/she is eligible to enter the competition.
• Each participant must not provide more than one (1) entry for the competition.
• The competition is open to individual or group submissions, however in case a group submission wins the Second Prize, only one representative of the group (to be chosen by the group) will be provided with the Prize (travel, accommodation, and participation in the SAS conference).
• Each participant must be available and willing to attend the final winners’ selection event to be held online on December 3, 2020.

Submission Requirements:

Each submission shall follow the criteria provided on the Competition Site and must meet the following general criteria:

• It must not be derogatory, offensive, threatening, defamatory, disparaging, libelous or contain any content that is inappropriate, indecent, sexual, profane, indecent, tortuous, slanderous, discriminatory in any way, or that promotes hatred or harm against any group or person.
• It must not contain content, material, or any element that is unlawful, or otherwise in violation of or contrary to all applicable local laws and regulations in any state where the submission is created.
• It must not contain any content, material, or element that displays any third party advertising, slogan, logo, trademark, or otherwise indicates a sponsorship or endorsement by a third party, commercial entity or that is not within the spirit of the competition, as determined by the Promoter, in its sole discretion.
• It must be an original, unpublished work that is prepared exclusively for this competition and based on actual research activity carried out by the participant and does not contain, incorporate, or otherwise use any content, material, or element that is owned by a third party or entity.
• It must not contain any content, element, or material that violates a third party’s publicity, privacy, or intellectual property rights.
• It must not contain any misrepresentations or misleading statements, including via omission of material information.
• It must be in English or Russian language. Note that the final event will be held in the English language only.

Prizes:

• A grant of $10,000.
• A trip to Kaspersky Security Analist Summit 2021 or a dedicated conference for game developers.
• A trip to Local Cybersecurity/Gamedev Conference or professional course of choice on one of the global MOOC-platforms.

About Kaspersky Academy:

Kaspersky Academy is a project – a series of projects – dedicated to supporting young talents in IT security.

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