Adarsh Pant of Dehradun won the ‘Hactrix 2017’ a State-level ethical hacking competition organised here on Monday. Pant received a prize money of Rs 50,000 and a trophy. Vaibhav Mittal was the first runner up in the event.
The event was organised by the Cyber Radix Academy for Future Technologies.
Speaking on the occasion as chief guest, the Additional Director General (ADG) Police, Ashok Kumar said that future wars would not be fought on land water or sky instead they would be fought in cyber space. He termed the Cyber Security as the latest need for any nation to be strong.
The Director WIT, Alaknanda Ashok complemented cyber security and forensic expert Ankur Chandrakant and Director Cyber radix academy, Neha Sharma for their efforts in introducing the youth to the much needed Cyber Security Training.
Chandarkant said that everyone was aware of the threats hackers pose to the world and to counter them, we need specially trained personnel who can detect these threats and protect us from their malicious activities.
The event was conducted in seven knockout rounds consisting of quizzes and practical hacking rounds. In the event 80 participants competed against each other.