Competition Background

With the rapid development of the Internet, society's reliance on the network is increasingly growing, and information security incidents are endless, making the impact of network security on real society more and more prominent. Without network security, there is no national security; network space security has risen to the height of national security strategy. In today's world, the information technology revolution is evolving rapidly, which has had a profound impact on the development of international politics, economy, culture, society, and military fields. Informationization and economic globalization promote each other, and the Internet has been integrated into every aspect of social life, profoundly changing the way people produce and live. Our country is in the midst of this trend, and the impact is getting deeper and deeper. Our country has achieved remarkable development in Internet and informatization work; the network has entered thousands of households, and the number of netizens is the first in the world, our country has become a network power.

To actively respond to the national network space talent strategy, to accelerate the cultivation of innovative talents with both offensive and defensive capabilities, to popularize network security knowledge, to cultivate and select more outstanding young skilled talents, to motivate the majority of young people to take the road of skill-based success, the Hong Kong Technology Advancement Group Limited ('HKtag') has decided to hold the SHIELDtag 2024 Network Security Competition.