NNCSC
Namibia national cyber security competition
The Namibia National Cyber Security Competition (NNCSC) is a pioneering platform designed to foster collaboration between academia and industry in addressing pressing cybersecurity challenges. Established in 2015, the NNCSC brings together bright minds from high schools, universities, and industry professionals to develop skills and create sustainable security solutions. The competition not only enhances technical proficiency but also contributes to national development goals, aligning closely with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Namibia Country Programme Document (CPD) for 2025–2029.
Namibia National Cybersecurity Competition (NNCSC) is a multi-stakeholder and multi-sectoral cybersecurity awareness platform. Annual cybersecurity competition events since 2015. Annual stakeholder engagements. Vendor and competition neutral environment (Private Sector Approach).
Provide students with real world challenges faced while maintaining a corporate network that cannot be replicated in a typical classroom.
Making students better trained and prepared when they graduate
The NNCSC Competition
A simulated environment (attack-and-defence) using client-server architecture. Scenario based (normally originating from industry defined problems or projects based on current trending challenges). Defend the network from industry security professionals (a.k.a attackers). Social engineering exercises.
The goals of the NNCSC COMPETITION
The goals of the competition are to sensitise industry, academia, government agencies and other stakeholders on the growing risks associated with cyber systems. • Suggest and implement solutions to mitigate the the ever-growing cyber security risks.
The benefit of the competition
The competition contributes immensely to technical and non-technical Cyber Security awareness, for the professional IT Society and for the development of systems security in Namibia.
Vision and Mission
Vision
To present a sustainable open platform for cyber security stakeholders to collaborate and secure national assets in line with global SDGs
Mission
Creating a collaboration platform that fosters learning, training and professional growth towards creating cyber security awareness for all, nationally, for the region and the global village at large.