Turkcell continues to implement projects that offer opportunities to young people with the support it offers to education. With the Universities Vulnerability Hunting Program, which is one of them, the operator provides cybercrime information to the participants.provides trainings by security experts and organizes 'bug bounty' competitions. In this context, the training-development journey offered to the participants in cooperation with the Cyber Security Directorate and Turkcell Academy is given by professionals who are experts in their fields. Applied vulnerability hunting and personal development trainings await participants at Unibounty.
According to the statement, the operator, which received close to a thousand applications for the project carried out for undergraduate and graduate students in cooperation with 11 universities, is expanding its scope by opening the program to all universities in Turkey this year. More than 5,000 participants applied to the Turkcell Vulnerability Hunting Unibounty Program, whose applications started on November 7, and until the Applied Vulnerability Hunting trainings on December 10. Applications to the program continue.
“We aim for Turkcell to play a leading role in vulnerability hunting programs”
Gediz Sezgin, Turkcell Deputy General Manager for Network Technologies, made an evaluation on the subject and said, “As the operator, we attach great importance to reinforcing the knowledge of university students by providing them with hands-on experiences and preparing them for business life. With this program, we aim to support all undergraduate and graduate students in the field of cyber security. At the same time, we aim for our company to play a leading role in vulnerability hunting programs in our country. With the program, we will ensure that our applications are tested by many vulnerability hunters. Our focus areas will be all digital services within the Turkcell ecosystem. In line with our vision of being the world's first digital operator, cyberspace in TurkeyWe continue to contribute to the spread of security awareness and awareness, and to increase the trained workforce in the field of cyber security. All participants participating in the rich content training given by the cyber security experts within the company will be able to obtain the Turkcell Academy Participation Certificate. We welcome all young talents who are interested in learning about cyber security and vulnerability hunting to the Unibounty Program. Those who find vulnerabilities will be rewarded.
Includes Introduction to Security, Vulnerability Hunting Readiness, Web Fundamentals, OWASP Top 10, and Common Vulnerabilities in Vulnerability Hunting Programs (Applied). In addition to these trainings, students who will participate in the program are also waiting for trainings on CV preparation, interview techniques and effective presentation techniques under the title of 'Personal Development Trainings'. In addition to all these, the program also includes mentoring, surprise competitions and awards. These trainings are offered to university students free of charge by the operator. In this way, students are given the opportunity to gain experience, while contributing to the development of cyber security experts in Turkey.
During the program, where it is aimed to bring the participants from the beginner level to the advanced level, cyberAll details about security and vulnerability hunting will be conveyed to the participants in practice. In addition, students who find weaknesses in the operator's digital applications will be rewarded.
High participation expected
This year, Unibounty, which will be held for undergraduate and graduate students in the 2022-23 period, will provide students with the opportunity to learn about vulnerability hunting and experience the vulnerability hunting program. Students enrolled in the program will be offered a development program after application. It is aimed for Unibounty to be a long-term program and to repeat the training according to the application numbers.
