A cybersecurity competition began Saturday in Tokyo, with organizers aiming to show off the skills of young Japanese hackers by testing them against international rivals.
The final rounds of the Security Contest 2014 (SECCON) brought together 90 participants in 24 teams from seven nations and regions, including China, Japan, Poland, Russia, South Korea, Taiwan, and the United States.
The winners of the competition will advance to the prestigious “Def Con CTF” (“Capture the Flag”) event slated for later this year, the organizers said.
SECCON was designed to allow young Japanese technology engineers to show off their skills on the world stage while also encouraging more to get into the field of cybersecurity.
Teams compete for points by hacking six virtual servers to discover particular keywords, and can also intervene to stop their rivals’ cyberattacks.
“There is a need for a forum where fledgling, young … hackers can grow and gain understanding of their families, schools and the outside world,” said Yoshinori Takesako, head of the SECCON organizing committee. “This is important in order to keep them away from being pulled into the underground world.”
The Japan-based event has drawn a total of 4,186 participants of 58 different nationalities through various qualifying rounds.
Takesako said the organizers, supported by government agencies, tech firms and scholars, also want to change the media image that Japan lags other nations in the cybersecurity field.
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