Melilla will participate for the first time in the National League of Cyberspace Challenges, known as the Civil Guard Cyberleague, an initiative that seeks to promote digital talent and raise awareness among young people about the importance of cybersecurity and the responsible use of the Internet.

The presentation took place this morning at the Civil Guard Command, with the participation of the Government Delegate, Sabrina Moh; the Provincial Director of Education, Elena Fernández Treviño; the Colonel Chief of the Civil Guard Command, Jesús Rueda, and the Lieutenant Colonel, Arturo Ortega.

During her speech, Sabrina Moh, highlighted the activity she described as “fundamental and necessary” to address the challenges posed by new technologies, especially among the younger population.

Thus, he stressed that the Cyberleague responds to a real need: “We always talk about how new technologies have broken into society, how they are influencing young people and giving tools to address certain situations especially focused on cybersecurity is necessary.”

Moh also stressed that this activity “includes prevention, awareness, awareness and training”. In this regard, he recalled that “education is the most powerful tool to change society” and that “training our young people and inculcating what is necessary to face this type of action is essential”.

Likewise, the head of the Government Delegation stressed “the importance that not only students, but the entire educational community - teachers, parents - also see these referents in the State Security Forces and Bodies, in this case in the Civil Guard, and that they can go to them when they have some kind of alert or warning”.

Moh has valued that this type of activity “often breaks down those barriers that our young people may have” and allows them to see in the Civil Guard “that profile to go to when necessary”.

He also wanted to thank “the involvement of everyone, including the General Directorate of the Civil Guard and the Ministry of Education, Vocational Training and Sports”, stressing that “we have had to sign agreements, protocols and manage the economic part for travel”.

Finally, the Delegate has called for participation: “The centers have already welcomed this activity with enthusiasm and, above all, also that the students can be interested and participate.”

“I am convinced that participation is going to be nourished and that we will take advantage of this opportunity that we have in a territory where we have eight educational centers and the possibility that all can participate,” she said, adding that such activities “are so necessary and important that we must make the most of them.”

Referent at national level

The Provincial Director of Education, for her part, pointed out that the Cyberleague is an event that has been consolidated as “a reference in the culture of cybersecurity at the national level”.

In his speech, Fernández Treviño, recalled that this initiative comes from before the summer and stressed that it is “very good news for the city that we are participating in this cyberleague”.

As he explained, this competition “abounds precisely in the training of our students, in the whole issue of digital culture that we are promoting so much now and that also concerns us from an educational point of view”. In addition, he stressed that this type of initiative also has an impact on families, since “many of the issues that now occur in terms of security are through social networks and, therefore, all training in digital culture in this regard and in security is very important”.

“It is a reference in the national cybersecurity culture and I believe that Melilla enters is a reason for joy,” he concluded. “We are very excited, the educational centers are also excited, and from the Provincial Directorate we celebrate being able to participate for the first time in this event. I thank all the parties involved,” he concluded.

Raising awareness and training young people in cybersecurity

The Civil Guard Cyberleague, in its pre-amateur form, is aimed at students of 4th ESO and is developed through a cybercompetition by multidisciplinary teams, composed of technical (ethical hacking), legal (digital law) and communicative profiles (communication and crisis management).

Participants should coordinate to solve simulated security incidents, which reflect real scenarios of the digital environment, with the aim of raising awareness and training young people on the importance of cybersecurity, data protection and the prevention of cyberbullying or fraud on the network.

In Melilla, the calendar will run from January 26 to February 6 of next year, in which 8 Educational Centers will participate with several teams made up of four students each. Training staff of the Melilla Command will give talks in person at each of the Centers in the calendar established during the first quarter of the year 2026.

Institutional coordination

Previously, at the beginning of October, the Government Delegation hosted a working meeting with representatives of the Civil Guard and the Provincial Directorate of Education to explain the details of the project to the heads of the Secondary Education centers, in order to facilitate the participation of Melillense students.

In the words of the Delegate of the Government, “this type of initiatives are a sign of the commitment of the Government of Spain and the Civil Guard to digital education, innovation and security in the technological environment”.

The National Cyber League of the Civil Guard has established itself as a reference in the culture of national cybersecurity, and constitutes a meeting space between the main actors in the educational, institutional and technological field, where efforts are joined to enhance talent and promote prevention against the risks of cyberspace.