BusinessCode im National Cybersecurity Team bei europäischen Meisterschaft

BusinessCode employee Jason Manthos, a student at the Faculty of Computer Science at the University of Athens/Crete, is a member of the National Cybersecurity Team competing in the European Championship in Vienna this September.

September 14, 2022 “Congratulations. We are proud to have such an employee on our team,” begins BusinessCode CEO Martin Schulze. The inclusion of Jason Konstantinos Manthos in the Greek national cybersecurity team of computer science students from the University of Crete was celebrated by the entire team. “Jason earned his place through his performance in the preliminary competition. Outstanding achievement,” emphasizes Schulze on behalf of everyone.

The Greek National Cybersecurity Team is participating for the seventh time in the major pan-European cybersecurity competition “European Cyber Security Challenge 2022 (ECSC22),” taking place in Vienna from September 13-16, 2022. The competition is an initiative of the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA) and is actively supported by the Ministry of Digital Governance. In addition to these two patrons, there are numerous corporate sponsors. The Department of Digital Systems at the University of Piraeus, under the leadership of Professor Christos Xenakis, is responsible for Greece’s participation. The Greek National Cybersecurity Team is supported by the Greek (ISC) Chapter and the Greek Internet Security Center.

The team representing Greece in this year’s finals consists of 14 people (10 main participants and 4 substitutes) - a mix of students, professionals and non-professionals, hackers and security researchers between the ages of 15 and 26. Manthos, who has been working as a working student at BusinessCode since May 2021, is one of them.

To be selected, all participants had to go through a qualification competition and deliver outstanding performances. The qualification competition started in March online via the Open ECSC platform. Together with members of last year’s team, they form the national delegation for the 2022 European competition. To prepare as best as possible for the competition, the Greek team conducted online training sessions. “We are preparing for various subject areas such as Pwn, Crypto, Web, Forensics, Reversing, PPC, and Blockchain,” explains Manthos, who is visibly proud to be part of the Greek national team.

Caption: Jason Manthos (fourth from left) with his colleagues at the BusinessCode company event in Bonn