Deloitte’s Cyber Academy Launch

On Monday 30th May, Keya Pandya, Nikshay Nand and Abiel Santos attended the Cyber Academy Launch at Deloitte office in the City. Keya, Nikshay and Abiel took part in CEDP’s first Hackazon in collaboration with Deloitte last year which led to the Cyber Academy Launch this year. The aim of the Academy is to provide for selected students employment and tertiary education opportunities in this industry (Cyber Security) from 2023 onwards. 

Specialist Senior Manager in Cyber Attack and Response Pieter Westein from Deloitte ran the session on the day. He explained what he does in his day to day work as an ethical hacker for various companies. We then completed some CTF (capture the flag) challenges which required students to think outside the box and use investigative skills to find clues to complete the challenges.

After lunch, Pieter launched a final challenge in which Nikshay Nand was in the top three and his reward was an offer for a day at Deloitte to see how they operate on a daily basis. 

Ms Flaihan
Assistant Leader of Learning Science (acting)