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Hack · Defend · Innovate
[ 24-HOUR CYBERSECURITY HACKATHON ]
CYBERSHIELD 2026: Securing Digital Futures is a 24-hour National Level Hackathon scheduled for 16–17 March at Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Chennai Campus, as part of the of the Information Security Education and Awareness (ISEA) Phase III initiative, supported by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Government of India.
Choose Your Battlefield
Three specialized domains of cybersecurity. Pick the arena where you'll make your mark and solve real-world challenges that define tomorrow's digital defense.
Design and build robust, secure pipelines for delivering digital services. Focus on zero-trust architecture, encrypted communications, and resilient infrastructure that resists adversarial compromise.
Build intelligent systems that identify, analyze, and neutralize cyber threats in real time. Leverage behavioral analytics, anomaly detection, and automated incident response playbooks to defend at scale.
An exclusive track for Amrita University students pushing the frontier of AI in cybersecurity. Develop cutting-edge models for autonomous threat hunting, digital forensics automation, and adversarial ML defense — crafting the next generation of intelligent cyber guardians.
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