Results of the Final Round of ASEAN Student Contest on Information Security 2023

On October 28th, 2023, the Final Round of the ASEAN Student Contest on Information Security 2023 was held simultaneously at competition clusters in Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City and ASEAN.

Exam room in Hanoi

There are 115 teams participating in the Final round, including:

  • The competition cluster in Hanoi has 35 teams from 14 schools, competing at the Posts and Telecommunications Institute of Technology
  • The competition cluster in Ho Chi Minh City has 45 teams from 19 schools, competing at Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology.
  • The ASEAN exam cluster has 35 teams from 20 schools in the remaining 9 ASEAN member countries, participating completely online.

This year’s Final Round is not divided into groups, candidates take the test in 9 hours, divided into 02 stages:

  • Phase 1: Teams take the Jeopardy test in 4 hours.
  • Phase 2: 20 excellent teams of phase 1 compete in the “Attack-Defense and Jeopady” tournament, which lasts for 5 hours in the form of Attack-Defense. The remaining teams continue to compete in Jeopardy format for 05 hours to compete for the “Jeopardy” prize.

Exam room in Ho Chi Minh City

Jeopardy phase 2 teams have fierce competition for the top positions. However, during the Attack-Defense competition, an unforeseen technical error occurred, causing the final competition of the Attack and Defense content to be unable to be completed and the Organizing Committee decided:

  • Recognizing results and awarding prizes to Jeopardy final teams
  • Organize the Attack-Defense final retake in online form on November 11, 2023 and award this category at the Vietnam Information Security Day 2023 Conference (November 30, 2023 at Melia Hotel Hanoi)
  • Nominate the team with the highest ranking in phase 1, Nu_RobinHust of Hanoi University of Science and Technology, to participate in the Cyber Sea game 2023 competition.

VNISA Chairman Nguyen Thanh Hung and Major General Nguyen Tung Hung awarded the Jeopardy First Prize to team Galacticos-4869 from the Academy of Cryptographic Technology

Delegates took souvenir photos with the organizers, judges and contestants at the exam cluster in Hanoi

VNISA Vice President Ngo Vi Dong and Head of the Southern Jury Vo Van Khang awarded the Jeopardy award at the competition in Ho Chi Minh City.

Delegates took souvenir photos with the organizers, judges and contestants at the exam cluster in Ho Chi Minh City

List of 20 excellent teams of phase 1 entered to compete for the Attack-defense & jeopardy award (retake online on November 11th, 2023):
  • Nu_RobinHust and Nu_ph1sher from School of Information and Communications Technology, Hanoi University of Science and Technology
  • UIT.Oppenheimer and UIT.Wolf_Brigade from University of Information Technology – VNUHCM
  • KMA.NOT2BAD and KMA.APTX-4869 from Academy of Cryptography Techniques
  • MSEC_ADC and MSEC_F0rSocj3ty from Military Technical Academy
  • Digital Marketing and _r4nd0m_ from FPT Hanoi University
  • Catto Fanclub and R3vF0rTh3W34k from Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology
  • UET.pdf and UET_ch1lL from VNU University of Engineering and Technology
  • PTIT.Sn0rlax and PTIT.inj3cted from Posts and Telecommunications Institute of Technology
  • HCMACT-Akatsuki from Academy of Cryptography Techniques HCM
  • ISIT-DTU1 from Duy Tan University
  • Heroes Cyber Security from Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember, Indonesia
  • NUS GreyMeows from National University of Singapore

List of Jeopardy awards

TT Team  School Prize
1  KMA.Galacticos-4869  Academy of Cryptography Techniques First
2  HCMACT-H.O.P.E  Academy of Cryptography Techniques HCM Second
3  ISIT-DTU2  Duy Tan University
4  MSEC_HUNT3R  Military Technical Academy
5  HCMACT-Rotation  Academy of Cryptography Techniques HCM Third
6  _g9_  FPT Hanoi University
7  Nu_b1n4rY  School of Information and Communications Technology, Hanoi University of Science and Technology
8  FPT.0rd3rs  FPT HCM University
9  HCMUS.Ramos_Gin_Fizz  University of Science – VNUHCM
10  Pwnhub  Ho Chi Minh city University of Technology Consolation
11  UIT.EXOcism  University of Information Technology
12  FUDA-1  FPT Danang University
13  CyberMasters  FPT Danang University
14  ASC  FPT Danang University
15  ISIT-DTU3  Duy Tan University
16  UET.binary  VNU University of Engineering and Technology
17  PTIT.R4c1ngBoizzz  Posts and Telecommunications Institute of Technology
18  HCMUS.Corpse_Reviver_2  University of Science – VNUHCM
19  IUSec_1  International University – VNUHCM
20  IUSec_2  International University – VNUHCM