International Cybersecurity Challenge 2025
This global event will see teams from Oceania, USA, Europe, Asia, Africa, Latin America, and Canada compete in Japan in November 2025! Organised by the ICC Steering Committee comprising European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA), PlayCyber (Katzcy) for US Cyber Team, The University of Queensland (UQ) and other cybersecurity organisations from across the globe, the event is the “World Cyber Cup”.
The fourth ICC event in 2025 is hosted by Japan in November 2025!
ICC Japan will take place on the following dates and venue. This will be the first time the ICC will be held in Asia.
Date: November 11-14 2025
Venue: Hotel New Otani Makuhari
Host: ICC 2025 is hosted by the Japanese Government National center of Incident readiness and Strategy for Cybersecurity (NCO)
Press release here: https://www.nisc.go.jp/eng/index.html
Support Team Oceania!
The 17 top players from the Oceania Qualifiers from QLD, NSW, Victoria, ACT and NZ (make-up % of the players as below) and 4 cyber security professionals, and coaches and staff will attend the competition with the help of Sponsors. Your support has been instrumental in making this achievement possible; without their support, we won’t be able to build the next generation of cybersecurity professionals. In 2025 the team aims to build upon this success by striving to achieve a first overall placing!!!
Building on a Successful Track Record
Team Oceania have competed in this global cyber competition since its inception in 2022.
● 2022 Greece – 4th place
● 2023 USA – 2nd place
● 2024 Chile – 3rd place (2nd in Attack/Defence CTF)
In 2025 - Team Oceania aims to build upon this success by striving to achieve a first overall placing!
Team Oceania: website
Sponsorships
Silver Sponsor
Thank you to our sponsors. Your support is instrumental in making this achievement possible; without their support, we won’t be able to build the next generation of cybersecurity professionals!
If you are interested in sponsoring Team Oceania, please see the information below:
Download our sponsorship prospectus here. Silver sponsorships start from $2500.
If you would like to donate to support the enhancement of student experience in Cyber Security, including the International Cybersecurity Challenge and associated events please go here: https://donations.uq.edu.au/uq_cyber_security_student_experience
Team
A team of 21 cyber security professionals, and coaches and staff attend the competitions with the help of Sponsors.
Organisers
Prof Ryan Ko, Head of delegation
Kana Smith, Team Manager
Coach
Joshua Scarsbrook
Jury
Rhys Davies
International Cybersecurity Challenge
The International Cybersecurity Challenge (ICC) is designed to attract top talent and raise global awareness of the power of games to upskill the cybersecurity industry. Through its exciting, competition-based forum, the ICC helps individuals further their cybersecurity education and skills. The International Cyber Security Challenge (ICC) event is the first global Capture the Flag event (CTF) designed to raise awareness, upskill and test young cybersecurity talent on the global stage. Organised by the ICC Steering Committee comprising European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA), PlayCyber (Katzcy) for US Cyber Team, The University of Queensland (UQ) and other cybersecurity organisations from across the globe, the event is the “World Cyber Cup”. The fourth ICC event in 2025 will see teams from Oceania, USA, Europe, Asia, Africa, Latin America, and Canada compete in Japan in November. ICC is designed with three primary components. The first is a speaker session showcasing top leaders in Cybersecurity Games and Exercises from around the world. The second is the hands-on expo of cyber games, immersive training, and exercises. Finally, the program includes the International Cybersecurity Challenge (ICC), a cybersecurity competition featuring global teams (27 years and younger) for young promising talents. The cybersecurity tournament is composed primarily of capture-the-flag and attack-and-defend games. It is an annual challenge that moves from country to country each year and is organised by various hosts, the ENISA International Cybersecurity Challenge Program (ICC). Teams representing global regions travel to this multiday event to compete in challenges related to web application and system exploitation, cryptography, reverse engineering, hardware challenges, and attack/defense.
