Institutional development · Student experience, equity and outcomes · Bahrain
University of Bahrain student society runs ‘Shefra’ cybersecurity challenge event
The University of Bahrain's IT College Society held an interactive cybersecurity event in which students worked through timed, simulated real-world challenges.
Why it matters: University of Bahrain students taking part were set timed, simulated cybersecurity problems to analyse and solve.
The University of Bahrain reported that an interactive event called Shefra aimed to raise students' awareness of cybersecurity concepts and build their technical and practical skills.
According to the university, participants tackled simulated real-world challenges that required them to analyse problems and come up with suitable solutions within a fixed time.
The event was organised by the IT College Society under the supervision of the university's Deanship of Student Affairs, the university said.
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Rachel Smith, Students and International Editor
Students at the University of Bahrain who joined the event worked on timed, simulated cybersecurity challenges organised by a student society under the Deanship of Student Affairs.
