KEEP SCHOLARS WIN THE NATIONAL CYBER QUIZ COMPETITION 2021

Otuekong Ekpo (on the left) with Joseph Atta Yebaoh (in the middle) and Solomon Dodoo (on the right)

The National Cyber Quiz Competition 2021 is organized by the Institute of Compliance and Cyber Studies to create awareness about Cyber-Security and its related issues.

The maiden edition of the quiz lasted for 5 days with the launched on Monday 18th October, 2021 and the finals on Friday, 22nd October, 2021 at Knutsford University, East Legon.

Competing schools were Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), University of Ghana, University of Cape Coast, Lancaster University, Academic City College, Valley View University, Central University and Ghana Christian Heritage University.

KNUST was ably represented by Joseph Atta Yeboah, Otuekong Ekpo and Solomon Dodoo Attoh, who are postgraduate students of the Cyber-Security and Digital Forensics programme from the Department of Computer Science. The quiz competition featured questions in the area of information security, cyber ethics, cyber law, emerging technologies like artificial intelligence, block chain among others.

KNUST made history by lifting the trophy for the maiden edition of the Cyber Quiz. Competition. KEEP scholars won a cash price, certificates and a sponsorship for a compliance and cyber analyst course in January, 2022.