Four high school students, selected through Ukraine's national team selection process and trained intensively by the dcua team at Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute, proudly represented Ukraine at the International Cybersecurity Olympiad and AI Challenge (ICOA 2026).
🇺🇦 Ukrainian school students from Kyiv, Kryvyi Rih, Mariupol, and the Poltava region represented Ukraine at the International Cybersecurity and Artificial Intelligence Olympiad in Sydney. They know war not from textbooks, but from missile strikes and air raid sirens.
☑️ The Ukrainian team ranked among the top ten based on the results of the international Locked Shields 2026 cyber exercises, and Igor Sikorsky KPI confirmed its status as a leading university in training cybersecurity specialists.
Kyiv Polytechnic is expanding its cooperation in the field of cybersecurity: a delegation from the international company Nihon Cyber Defence Co., Ltd. (NCD), led by CEO Kartan Joseph McLaughlin, visited the university. NCD’s headquarters are located in Tokyo.
Recently, Team dcua from the Educational and Research Institute of Physics and Technology (PTI) of Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute won the Open Final of the Swedish National Cybersecurity Championship (Säkerhets-SM) in Stockholm. With this achievement, the team reaffirmed its status as one of the strongest not only in Ukraine but also in Europe.
At the Kyiv International Forum on Cybersilience 2026, Serhii Konyushok, Deputy Head of the Institute (for Scientific Work) at the Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute’s Institute of Cyber Security and Information Systems (ISZZI) outlined the key challenges in training personnel for the cybersecurity sector and presented practical approaches used by the Institute.
The first working meeting was held at KPI with Sonya Ishchenko—Chief of Staff of the Ministry of Regional Cooperation of the State of Israel—and representatives of the Embassy of the State of Israel in Ukraine.
Several teams from Kyiv Polytechnic University were among the leaders in the All-Ukrainian women's CTF competition SHE DEFENDS: CYBER & OSINT. The tournament aims to develop women's practical skills in cybersecurity and OSINT and to strengthen the cyber resilience of the national security and defense sector.
From November 20 to December 1, 2025, the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, in collaboration with HackenProof, held the “First National CTF” online competition. The dcua team from the Educational and Research Institute of Physics and Technology (IPT) at Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute (KPI) also took part and achieved the best result—taking first place in the highest level of the competition—the special League of Legends standings!
🏆 Students of Igor Sikorsky KPI are the winners of the National CTF 2025 League of Legends cyber competition organized by the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine!
