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David Viera
This Thursday, February 22, the awards ceremony was held for the winners of the 'URJC Cybersecurity League' initiative, a project coordinated by the Vice-Rector for Digital Transformation and Education and Artificial Intelligence. "In this activity, students from the different study programs at the URJC can identify vulnerabilities in the university's IT infrastructure," explains José Antonio Rubio Blanco, head of Information Security at the URJC.
The awards ceremony took place during the 'HackOn 2024' event, on the Móstoles campus. Representatives of the three companies sponsoring the initiative attended the event, and were the ones who presented the awards to the winners.
The third prize was received by the student Marina Jiali Villalta, from the hands of José Gutiérrez, head of Communication and Marketing of LEET Security, along with Jose Antonio Rubio Blanco.
The second prize went to Ismael Gómez Esquilichi, and was presented to him by Lucía González, director of Human Resources of zerolynx, in the company of Juan Manuel Dévora Lorenzo, director of Technological Information at the URJC.
Finally, the winner of the league was Carlos Alonso Arranz, who received it from Belén Rayo, head of Canal de Palo Alto Networks, and César Cáceres, vice-rector of Digital Transformation and Education and Artificial Intelligence.
“Year after year, students demonstrate higher levels”
This initiative was born in 2019 under the name “Bug Bounty”, but in this latest edition it has been replaced by “Cybersecurity League”, after the recent decision to apply a classification by points. “Students can learn things that they see in the classroom in the real world, and in the same way the university has the valuable help of the students to do so,” explains Rubio.
Participants who are eligible for the awards must send a report with their findings and conclusions, also explaining the methodology used to find computer vulnerabilities, which will subsequently be evaluated by the Vice-Rector for Digital Transformation and Education and Artificial Intelligence.
José Antonio Rubio has taken the opportunity to highlight the high level of knowledge, initiative and creativity of the students who have participated in the league, pointing out that “companies currently have difficulties finding profiles in the field of cybersecurity, so these students are expected to a great future”, he added.