Security focused Coding Competition for Students : Hardcode 2013

 

Hardcode 2013

Hardcode is a contest aimed at promoting the importance of security throughout the software development lifecycle. Contestants will develop open source applications on Google’s App Engine platform that meet a set of functional and security requirements. This competition is open to full-time middle school, high school and college students over the age of 13 around the world.

Eligibility

All entrants must currently be full-time middle school, high school or college students over the age of 13. Participants are encouraged to work in teams with no more than 5 participants per team. Work by more than 5 participants per team and work done by any anyone who is not a full-time student are not allowed and are grounds for team disqualification. Other restrictions apply. Please see the Official Rules for details.

Announcement by Google:
http://googleonlinesecurity.blogspot.com/2013/01/calling-student-coders-hardcode-secure.html

Competition Details here:
https://code.google.com/p/hardcode/wiki/Hardcode2013ContestDescription

Prizes:
$20,000 Singapore dollars.
The 2nd-5th place finalist teams will receive $15,000, $10,000, $5,000, and $5,000 Singapore dollars, respectively.

OWASP AppSec APAC 2013

https://www.owasp.org/index.php/AppSecAsiaPac2013

We are pleased to announce that registration is now open for AppSec APAC 2013. Please visit the website for more information on how to register for the event. Register NOW! The deadline for the early bird registration discount is in 2 days (January 18th) so register now to take advantage of the lowest possible rate! 

The OWASP South Korea chapter will host the OWASP AppSec APAC 2013 conference in Jeju, South Korea at the Hyatt Regency Jeju. The event will be composed of 2 days of training (February 19-20), followed by 2 days of conference talks (February 21-22). 

We are offering the following great training courses:

Advanced Android and iOS Hands-on Exploitation Course (2 day class)
HACKED - The OWASP Top 10 (2 day class)
CISO training: Managing Web & Application Security for Senior Managers (1 day class)
HTML 5 (1 day class)
Approaching Secure Code – Where do I start? (1/2 day Developer class)

And we have announced keynotes from:

OWASP Board Members
Robert Lee from Intuit
Kyoungho Chung(정경호), Director of Information Security at KISA (Korea Internet & Security Agency)
Hyojin Choi, IBM Security Systems BU Executive
Our full listing of speakers and details on the event are listed at our conference website: appsecapac.org

Don't miss out on this premier APAC application security event!

OWASP AppSec APAC 2013
Training February 19-20
Conference Talks February 21-22
appsecapac.org
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