Opportunity for FIT BUT students: register for CyberHeroes Academy

Thanks to the efforts of the Security@FIT research group, and specifically Kamil Malinka, FIT students have been given the opportunity to participate in the CyberHeroes Academy project free of charge. This project has been successfully implemented for some time by the Slovak company Binary Confidence in cooperation with educational institutions in both Slovakia and the Czech Republic. The event is intended for young talents in the field of IT and cyber security, but does not require any prior in-depth professional knowledge.

The main goal of the project is to offer students real-life experience with cyber defense and attacks in a safe, simulated environment. The organizers aim to increase general cyber vigilance and awareness in society.

How does it all work? The project runs in several phases:

1. Participant registration: students register using the form on the CyberHeroes Academy website. 
2. Qualification phase for registered participants, which takes place online. Qualification can be completed from October 29, 2025, to November 18, 2025 (00:00). Participants earn points for completing tasks. Successful participants then advance to the finals.
3. The finals themselves will take place directly at FIT: three days of competition between teams of attackers and defenders, led by experts, with catering provided on site. When? November 25–27, 2025, starting at 9:00 a.m. each day. The event will also include accompanying lectures on topics such as security incident analysis and cyber threat simulation. The winning team will receive interesting technological prizes. The most valuable player will then have the opportunity to advance to the academy finals with the prospect of an internship at Binary Confidence.

Take advantage of the opportunity to try your hand at defending against cyber attacks in a simulated environment that is both challenging and safe.