workshop
Defending Digital Systems & Countering Cyber Threats
April 24-26 2025,creativa
The First CTF Competition in Upper Egypt
We are thrilled to announce the first-ever Capture The Flag (CTF) competition in Upper Egypt, hosted by Aswan University in collaboration with NTRA and EG-CERT as part of the Aswan Cybersecurity Workshop: Defending Digital Systems & Countering Cyber Threats, coexisting with UEA7
What to Expect?
🔸 Intense cybersecurity challenges designed to test participants’ skills in ethical hacking, vulnerability analysis, and real-world cyber defense.
🔸 Competitions for different skill levels: Beginners, Intermediate, and Advanced.
🔸 Hands-on experience in tackling cyber threats, penetration testing, and digital forensics.
🔸 A chance to network with cybersecurity experts, researchers, and professionals.
🔸 Exciting prizes and recognition for top performers!
Don’t miss to join us
Are you ready to take on the challenge ?
Event Schedule
09:00 – 09:30 | Registration and Welcome Coffee
10:00 – 11:30 | Opening Session
11:30 – 12:30 | Event Tour
12:30 – 13:30 | NTRA Session
13:30 – 14:30 | “Cybersecurity Challenges and Opportunities”
Speaker: Dr. Marianne Azer, NTI.
14:30 – 15:30 | Nile Venture Lab Session
15:30 – 16:30 | Lunch Break
16:30 – 17:30| Cybersecurity Industry and Women’s Empowerment: A
Sustainable Path to Sustainable Development.
Speaker: Eng Dalia, EG-CERT
09:30 – 10:30|The role of the National Telecommunications Regulatory
Authority in Combating cybercrime in accordance with Law 175.
Speaker: Prof Mohamed, EG-CERT
10:00 – 10:30 | Success Story in Cybersecurity Expert
(Speaker: Dr Jackie Riley)
10:40 – 12:10 | Practical Session: Natural language processing for to develop an
AI model for detecting spam emails or phishing websites
(Speaker: Dr Salaheddin Hosseinzadeh, GUC)
12:10 – 15:00 | Lunch Break
15:00 – 17:30 | Practical Session: Demonstrate common vulnerabilities in
industrial control systems and legacy devices
((Speaker: Dr Salaheddin Hosseinzadeh, GUC)
11:00 – 15:00| Second Cybersecurity Competitions
o Participants engage in: Graduation projects and School projects
presentations
13:30 – 14:30| “The Weakest Link”
Speaker: Eng. Mohamed Salah-el-Deen, EG-CERT
16:00 – 18:00 | Closing Ceremony
• Announcing winners and awarding certificates
• Final thoughts and networking opportunities
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