SLCERT|CC Information Security Quiz Winners

Sri Lanka Computer Emergency Response Team, (Sri Lanka CERT| CC) organized the Information Security Quiz Competition for university students in Sri Lanka for the Cyber Security Week, 2016. Sri Lanka CERT is the Centre of cyber security in Sri Lanka, mandated by the government of Sri Lanka to protect the nation’s information infrastructure. Three teams from the University of Moratuwa participated for the competition: Mora Avengers, Phoenix, and Smurfs. The team Smurfs : Yasiru Kassapa (CSE ’12),  Dinuka Salwathura (CSE ‘13), and Imesha Mihirath (CSE ’13)  from the Department of Computer Science and Engineering won the first place in the competition.  Competitors were trained by CSE alumni Ridwan Sharifdeen and Deepal Jayasekara  who are active members of the Information Security Club. Team Smurfs was able to win the Cloud Security round prize while Team Pheonix won the Basic Security Round Prize All the teams Smurfs, Pheonix and mora avengers scored 109, 90 and 90 points respectively in the competition.