In the information age, talent cultivation focuses on comprehensive qualities and skills. As one of my country's largest, most influential, widest coverage and largest number of participants, the 4th Geek Youth Challenge concluded successfully on August 23. This event is jointly

In the information age, talent training focuses on comprehensive quality and specific skills. As one of my country's largest, most influential, widest coverage and largest number of participants, the 4th Geek Youth Challenge concluded successfully on August 23. This competition is co-sponsored by the Chengdu Internet Information Office, Chengdu Education Bureau, and Chengdu Chenghua District People's Government, and is hosted by Chengdu Sugar Free Information Technology Co., Ltd., with technical support provided by Yongxin Zhicheng Technology Group Co., Ltd.

The 30 teenagers who were shortlisted in the preliminary round became official members of the pre-competition summer camp "Mountain and Sea Camp". They visited Chengdu Aviation Theme Education Base, Chengdu Museum of Nature, Quantum Realm E-Sports Center, Chengdu Sugar-Free Technology Network Anti-Fraud Base, etc., and also accepted Participated in multiple days of practical professional training and university lectures at the Chinese People's Liberation Army Strategic Support Force Information Engineering University, Xi'an Jiaotong University, and Sichuan University. During the

summer camp, many employers went to the Shanhai Camp training and competition sites to inspect potential future network security talents, and reached long-term observation and coaching intentions with their valued target players. It is reported that Zou Xibei, a contestant in the first and second summer camps, has officially obtained the admission qualification for the junior class of Sichuan University's School of Cybersecurity with his excellent network security skills and comprehensive quality. She mentioned in the interview, "I learned a lot of CTF knowledge in the summer camp, and more importantly, I met a group of like-minded masters."

Through close contact with the country's top network security education resources, in-depth experience of network security During the practical training life, the members continued to broaden their problem-solving ideas, enhance their offensive and defensive skills, and had a final showdown at the Cyberspace Security College of Sichuan University.

The scene of the 4th Geek Youth Challenge

Contestants were discussing after the game

Among them, Li Yuxiang from Taiyuan Wuyu Middle School topped the list with a total score of 3020 points and successfully won the crown. The representative from Shanghai Yangpu Senior High School Zian and Liu Zhaolin from Niulanshan No. 1 Middle School in Shunyi, Beijing ranked second and third with 2820 and 2435 points respectively.

The top eight contestants will form two young geek teams and are specially invited to experience the offline finals of the 2024 "Peak Geek" Cyber ​​Security Skills Challenge. They will have direct conversations and compete with top experts in the cyber security field from all over the country, striving to inspire participation. The contestants’ in-depth exploration and innovation ability of network security technology further realizes the core purpose of the competition to “promote learning through competition”.

Young people with new forces in Internet security move forward

Driven by the wave of Internet security education, this competition has won the support of Chengdu Shude Middle School, Chengdu Bilingual Experimental School, Chengdu Eastern New District Yangma Senior High School, Zhengzhou Fifth Senior High School, Karamay With the strong support of the city's senior high school and other schools that attach great importance to the training of network security talents, it has attracted nearly 2,000 young elites to play online games, fully stimulating the "vitality" of network security talent training and comprehensively improving the digital literacy and skill levels of primary and secondary school students.

It is worth mentioning that among the contestants in this competition, there are many young but outstanding little geeks. The "first blood" of the finals is the youngest geek of this year, who is only 12 years old from Dongsheng Primary School, Shuangliu District, Chengdu City. Year-old classmate Sun Guoyu won. As the scale and influence of the Geek Youth Challenge continues to expand, I believe that more outstanding teenagers like Sun Guoyu will emerge in the future and become a new force in promoting the development of my country's network security industry.

"Shanhaiying" adds another elite, the first team is established!

"Shanhai Camp·Xuanwu Team" group photo

In order to encourage the contestants to continue to move forward on the road of network security and enhance the cultural connotation and interest of the competition, since the opening of the first geek summer camp "Shanhai Camp", the finals The top three players can each choose one of the 36 mythical beasts from "The Classic of Mountains and Seas" as their own titled mythical beast. It aims to inherit the mythical beast elements in traditional Chinese culture and at the same time give it a new era significance, that is, in network security. "Guardian and guidance" in the field.

At present, it is led by "Xuanwu" (classmate Cui Liang), a member of the first and second phases of the Geek Summer Camp "Shanhai Camp", "Lu Wu" (classmate Wang Jiashuo), "Jiaoduan" (classmate Liu Zhaolin), "Li Li" (classmate) The "Shanhai Camp·Xuanwu Team" composed of classmate Li Yuxiang) and second-term contestant Zhang Chao has been officially established during this summer camp, marking that they will continue to break through themselves and compete in the Internet security world with a more determined pace.

Network security is a war without smoke. The repair of every vulnerability and the defense of every attack are important contributions to the security of the country and people. It is expected that young people will continue to pursue excellence, strive to improve their professionalism and skills, become leaders in the field of network security, and work hard to build a safer, more trustworthy, and healthier network space.

Come on! Boys!