The Southern Africa – Netherlands Cyber Security School (SANCS) is excited to announce that we will be partnering with Hunt & Hackett for SANCS 25!
Hunt & Hackett will present an engaging challenge for students to tackle collaboratively in multidisciplinary teams, allowing them to apply their knowledge from the lecture period into practice. The challenge will be available on the SANCS website soon.
Hunt & Hackett is a leading cyber security company in The Netherlands and SANCS25 will also feature their expert Tom Moester who will present a digital threat analysis for the upcoming NATO summit in The Hague. Hunt & Hackett’s mission is to make customers resilient to any kind of cyber threat, and in particular to those from sophisticated APT groups. To this end, Hunt & Hackett uses a threat modeling-based approach, in which Hunt & Hackett’s specialists monitor APT groups, analyse applied attack methods. This knowledge and information position forms the basis on which Hunt & Hackett develops innovative detection and response solutions and provides prevention, detection and response services that enable organizations to protect themselves against these attack groups and methods.
The Southern Africa – Netherlands Cyber Security School is an online, free-of-charge, international cybersecurity school organised by HCSS – The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies and Stellenbosch University, sponsored by the Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken of the Netherlands and the Netherlands Embassy and Consulate in South Africa for students and young to mid-career professionals interested in cybersecurity matters.
Thank you to Hunt & Hackett for their support!
Key Features of SANCS 25:
Programme Overview:
- Date: 3 March to 10 April 2025
- 20+ lectures by renowned experts on various cyber security topics
- Real case studies/challenges from leading Southern African and Dutch organisations to work on and present to expert panels
- Cyber Resilience Game throughout the course
- Official certificates for successful participants who attend the majority of lectures and/or complete a challenge
- Opportunity to apply for the 6-month Cyber Talent Accelerator (CTA) Programme
Registration:
- Open to current postgraduate students, recent graduates, and young to mid-career professionals
- No prior background in cybersecurity required, but a deep interest is essential
- Registration link: Southern Africa-Netherlands Cyber Security School 2025 Tickets | Eventbrite
Program Structure:
- Part 1 (3 March – 24 March): Lecture Period
- 20+ lectures covering diverse cybersecurity topics such as ethics, AI, OIT and IIOT, emerging trends in cybersecurity, incident response, quantum cryptography, career paths and more.
- Part 2 (24 March – 10 April): Challenge Period
- Collaborative work on case studies provided by leading Southern African and Dutch organisations
- Pitch findings to a panel of experts
- Distinctions and certificates awarded to the best teams
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