Conditions of participation for ACSC 2025#
Everybody is allowed to participate in the qualification for the Austria Cyber Security Challenge 2025. However, participation in the finale for the “junior” and “senior” categories requires Austrian citizenship, living in Austria or enrollment in an Australian educational institution.
The cut-off date for the age groups is the 31st of December of the competition year (for ACSC 2025, it is 31.12.2025).
The organizers reserve the right to change the categorization of participants if it is believed that it was not done correctly.
Category “junior”#
Participation is open to everybody born between 01.01.2005 and 31.12.2010 who has Austrian citizenship, lives in Austria or is enrolled in an Austrian educational institution.
The top 20 juniors, based on qualification, will be invited to the finale.
Category “senior”#
Participation is open to everybody born between 01.01.2000 and 31.12.2004 who has Austrian citizenship, lives in Austria or is enrolled in an Austrian educational institution.
The top 20 seniors, based on qualification, will be invited to the finale.
Category “open”#
The category “open” is OPEN to ALL security-interested people, regardless of age, citizenship or place of residence.
The top 21 players from the open category, based on qualification, will be invited to the finale.
Exceptions#
Persons who hold an official or similar teaching position at a university, university of applied sciences, or comparable educational institution and whose employer (educational institution) has partnered with Cyber Security Austria to develop challenges for the ACSC qualifiers or the final are excluded from participation.
The organizer reserves the right to exclude any person from participation if false information about that person is thought to have been provided.
This English translation of the conditions of participation is given as a courtesy. In case of discrepancies, the German version shall prevail.
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