The subdelegate of the Government in A Coruña, María Rivas, participated this morning in the presentation of the VI National Cyberleague of challenges in cyberspace organized by the Civil Guard. The presentation took place at the IES Alfredo Brañas de Carballo, and counted on the participation of the students of 4º of the ESO who are directed to the pre-amateur modality created in the previous call.
There are a total of 51 educational centers in Galicia that can register their teams, before November 22, through the web www.ligagc.com. The teams will preferably be composed of 4 students, who will contest the qualifying phase in Galicia between 25 November and our own educational centers. The classified institutes will contest the final at the University Center of the Civil Guard of Aranjuez in the month of March 2025.
The subdelegate indicated that with this competition, the Civil Guard intends to raise awareness among young people about the safe and responsible use of new technologies, as well as to enhance knowledge and reward talent in the field of cybersecurity. The participating students will have to face, and try to solve, a series of cyber-challenges that simulate real situations that can be found when browsing the internet. And to solve them they must use all their skills, working as a team and putting into practice the teachings received, especially in the training action that is developed prior to the competition.
During her speech, María Rivas pointed out that “cybersecurity is built and must be improved day by day”, she feels this is the only way to face the new threats that are emerging. “Hackers are increasingly acting with a higher level of sophistication, and we need to protect information and systems. This leads them to the need to implement stronger security measures every day and to achieve this it is fundamental to training and the incorporation of talent”.
The deputy delegate recalled that “cybercrime is not something that happens to others. We are all at risk. That’s why it’s essential to train because the more prepared and prepared we are, the better we can self-protest while helping to create a safer internet.”
Finally, he invited all the educational centers and the students of 4th ESO to participate in the “National Cyber League” of the Civil Guard to contribute from the youth to create among all of us that safer internet, taking advantage of the competition to learn more about cybersecurity, overcome challenges, and also have fun and compete as a team.
The fifth edition (year 2023) implemented the pre-ameteur modality, for 4th year students of ESO, with a pilot project in the Autonomous Community of Galicia, Castilla la Mancha and Madrid. The participation reached more than 4,000 students and students of 4th ESO of the 4 Community participating in that first call.
In the sixth edition (2024), in addition to continuing with the amateur and professional modalities of the security forces, pre-amateur is consolidated, increasing the nine Autonomous Communities in which the students of 4th of the ESO will demonstrate their skills and knowledge. In addition to the Autonomous Communities of the year 2023, this year Cantabria, Castilla y León, Extremadura, Balearic Islands, Canary Islands and Navarre join.
No act of presentation of the Cyberleague, the subdelegate was accompanied by the Chief General of the Galician Zone of the Civil Guard, Miguel González Arias; the Mayor of Carballo, Evencio Ferrero; the Director General of Educational Planning and Innovation, Judith Fernández and the Director of the IES Alfredo Brañas, Mónica Mariño.