Trend Micro Nurtures Global Cybersecurity Talent Development

Global Capture the Flag provides real-world ethical hacking experience in the most critical areas for stopping attacks today

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HONG KONG, CHINA - Media OutReach - 3 September 2019 - Trend Micro Incorporated (TYO: 4704; TSE: 4704),
a global leader in cybersecurity solutions, today announced its fifth annual
Capture The Flag (CTF) competition. The Trend Micro CTF 2019 — Raimund Genes
Cup invites teams from around the world to test their skills in today’s most
critical areas of security risk. This cornerstone event is one of many ways
Trend Micro is working to equip cybersecurity talent in the workforce.

 

The annual global CTF helps
participants develop and hone their skills in today’s most critical areas of
need, including forensics and exploitation, IoT, reverse engineering, open
source intelligence, mobile, and machine learning. Teams face challenges that
involve these key areas, providing real-world practice with critical scenarios.

 

“Without enough equipped professionals
across the globe to actually implement security solutions for all businesses,
then the attackers will win,” said Hernan Armbruster, senior vice president,
Americas & Strategic Products for Trend Micro. “Growing talent across the
board is a necessity to help the world be safer for exchanging digital
information. As an industry leader, we strive to do our part to add strong
practitioners through this event along with many other global initiatives.”

 

This year’s Global CTF consists of two
rounds, an online qualifier and the finals. Taking place on September 7-8
(Japan time), the online qualifier will include Jeopardy style questions that
challenge teams to solve various security problems quickly. The top 10 teams
will qualify for the finals, which will take place in Tokyo, Japan on November
23-24. This year’s finals will utilize a new “Dynamic Value” Jeopardy format to
further test the teams’ skills.

 

The winning team from the finals
receives JPY1,000,000, which is about HKD $73,700. Additionally, each player
from the winning team receives 15,000 Zero Day Initiative Rewards Program points, which helps program
submitters earn exclusive awards and benefits. The second and third place teams
receive JPY300,000 and JPY200,000, which is nearly HK$22,000 and $14,000
respectively.

 

“A lack of qualified professionals is
the most consistent security concern we hear from businesses,” said Mark
Liggett, senior security analyst from Tulane University. “Trend Micro is one of
very few global companies that is actively working to help change this.
Equipping new professionals from all walks of life is key to helping more
businesses effectively manage their security stack and mitigate the risk of
attack.”

 

Trend Micro hosts and supports more
than 50 similar competitions each year around the world, including the main
global event, including hosting 15 contests in collaboration with the
Organization of American States[1],
which are specific to women across the Americas.

 

Additionally, the company recruits and
trains new cybersecurity professionals in five global centers around the world.
In total, these centers will support the development of more than 2,500 new
cybersecurity professionals by 2022.

 

To further grow diversity and skills
in the industry, Trend Micro is also a global partner with Girls in Tech to
encourage security education among their network of female professionals.

 

To register a
team for the online qualifier, please visit: https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/campaigns/capture-the-flag.html.

About Trend Micro

Trend
Micro Incorporated, a global leader in cybersecurity solutions, helps to make
the world safe for exchanging digital information. Our innovative solutions for
consumers, businesses, and governments provide layered security for data
centers, cloud environments, networks, and endpoints. All our products work
together to seamlessly share threat intelligence and provide a connected threat
defense with centralized visibility and control, enabling better, faster
protection. With more than 6,000 employees in over 50 countries and the world’s
most advanced global threat intelligence, Trend Micro enables organizations to
secure their journey to the cloud. For
more information, visit www.trendmicro.com.hk.