Launching the 2025 Cyber Security Student Competition on Personal Data

The contest took place with two main rounds including the Preliminary round (October 18) and the Final round (November 15) in Hanoi , gathering a large number of students from universities and colleges in the country and some international schools.

This year, the competition with the theme “Data security and personal data protection” is an opportunity for students to directly approach real-life cybersecurity situations, thereby developing professional capacity, improvisational thinking and creativity.

Photo caption — The National Cyber Security Association launched the "Cyber Security Students 2025" competition.

The exam board of the "Cyber Security Student 2025" competition, gathered from technology companies such as Viettel, VNPT, FPT, CMC , NCS, Vietsunshine, CyRadar, Misoft, Misa, Mi2, Bkav... and independent experts, has reached a high level of consensus in preparing the content for the competition. With more than 30 experts, who are very experienced and have many years of experience in domestic and international cybersecurity competitions, the members of the exam board are capable of creating an intellectual playground, inspiring the next generation of cyber security students.

The Preliminary Round (October 18, 2025) is held online in the form of Jeopardy CTF, including many specialized areas such as Pwnable (exploiting software bugs, buffer overflow, shellcode), Reverse Engineering (reversing source code, analyzing packer/crypter), Web Security (detecting and exploiting web application vulnerabilities), and Cryptography/Algorithmic Challenge (decoding algorithms, applying programming skills - algorithms to overcome the challenge). This round helps to comprehensively evaluate the candidates' fundamental and technical capabilities.

The Final Round (November 15, 2025) will be held at the headquarters of the Department of Cyber Security and High-Tech Crime Prevention, Ministry of Public Security . The best teams passing the Preliminary Round will compete in the Final Round with two groups: Group A includes 20 teams representing the 20 schools with the highest results in the Preliminary Round (1 team from each school), will compete in direct attack-defense. The teams will attack and defend the simulated Data Center.

Group B consists of teams representing schools, each school has 1 team with the highest results in the Preliminary round, but is not a team in Group A. The teams will compete in Jeopardy with content about Web, Pwnable, Revers, Crypto, Forensic, IoT, Blockchain and AI.

The total prize value of the Competition is up to 250 million VND, along with scholarships from prestigious training institutions, technology products and services; career experience opportunities with direct advice from leading experts in the field of network security and digital technology. In addition, the competition results of Vietnamese student teams are the basis for NCA to nominate Vietnamese representative teams to participate in regional and international cybersecurity competitions such as Cyber SEA Game, ASEAN Cyber Shield...

At the Final Round on November 15, 2025, in parallel with the competition schedule of the competing teams, the event also took place "Cyber Security Students" Festival at Hanoi City Children's Palace, Campus 2, Pham Hung Street, Cau Giay Ward. The activity is expected to attract more than 1,500 students to cheer for the competing teams by watching the information broadcast live from the arena. In addition, students can also participate in career orientation discussions with experts and business leaders, and access the job and training fair that brings together many prestigious technology, recruitment and training units, which provide opportunities for internships, jobs and specialized scholarships. In addition, the technology mini game will bring an experience of both learning and entertainment with many attractive gifts.

Source: https://baotintuc.vn/xa-hoi/phat-dong-cuoc-thi-sinh-vien-an-ninh-mang-2025-ve-du-lieu-ca-nhan-20251008113958662.htm