Congratulations on ETHZ success at 2025 Geneva Cyber 9/12 Strategy Challenge
At the cyber competition Geneva Cyber 9/12 Strategy Challenge 2025, three ETH Zurich teams competed, including ISTP's MSc student Aïna Brudy with her team “Cyberia,” which made it to the Semifinals. Congratulations to all participants on their success!
This year's Geneva Cyber 9/12 Strategy Challenge took place on April 10th and 11th, with three teams competing from ETH Zurich, Phish Tank, Cyberia, VeniVidiSecuriti, and one Team Ephex from EPFL.
ETH Zurich team PhishTank, including MACIS student Xiyangyang (Lissi) Qian, won first place. ETH Zurich team Cyberia, with team member Aïna Brudy from ISTP's Master in Science, Technology and Policy (MSc ETH STP), made it to the Semifinals. EPFL Team Ephex came in third. We want to congratulate all competing teams on their successes!
Cyber 9/12 Strategy Challenge
The Cyber 9/12 Strategy Challenge is an annual competition that falls at the intersection of geopolitics and cybersecurity. Students from all over the world gather to compete and create policy recommendations for a fictional cyber disaster. The challenge serves as a combination of a competitive scenario exercise and an interactive learning experience, requiring teams to respond to a realistic, evolving cyberattack and evaluate the risk it poses to national, international, and private sector concerns.
In the Geneva Cyber 9/12 Strategy Challenge, student teams from around the world need to handle a a simulated cyber incident in a timely way. Through the combination of interactive learning with competitive scenario simulation, the students are being challenged to react to a dynamic, lifelike international cyber crisis scenario. They are being tasked with assessing the threat it presents to national, international, and private sector interests, and to offer strategic recommendations to manage the situation in an effective matter.