The US Army Central Command, in partnership with the Kuwaiti Ministry of Defense, is organizing a ‘cybersecurity’ competition where participants can demonstrate their technical capabilities.
In a video recording on the website of the US embassy in the country, the Director of Cyberspace at the Kuwaiti Ministry of Defense, Brigadier General Mohammed Bouarki, said, “In the past 24 months, the world has witnessed cyber attacks that claimed more and more victims, including national facilities and chemical companies around the world.” He added, “For this reason, we are excited to talk about this year’s Best Cyber Warriors competition, and the teams will show their technical abilities through many diverse tasks.”
US General Robert Powell, commanding general of the 335th Signal Unit, said: “In our connected world, both governments want to present and intercept the continuing number of cyber threats, by learning to protect ourselves with the right tools and things to counter these attacks.”
Each team will have a list of challenges in different categories such as reverse engineering, web security, digital forensics, network security, etc., and for each challenge solved, the team will get a certain amount of points depending on the difficulty of the challenge.
On the other hand, the US embassy guards in the country have completed their semi-annual training. “Last week, embassy security guards from the Marine Corps completed security training as part of the biannual inspection,” Chargé d’Affairs James Holzneider said on his Twitter account.
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