Cyber AI Hackathon 2026
Organised by University of Derby, UK
Cyber AI Hackathon 2026 is a platform for innovators to tackle real-world cybersecurity challenges using Artificial Intelligence. Participants transform creative ideas into practical solutions, developing intelligent prototypes that can strengthen digital security and address emerging cyber threats
1. AI-Powered Cyber Threat Detection: Develop intelligent systems that detect malware, ransomware, phishing, anomalous behaviour, and emerging cyber threats in real time using AI/ML.
2. Agentic AI for Cyber Defense: Build autonomous AI agents that can monitor systems, investigate suspicious activity, reason over security evidence, and recommend or execute defensive actions with appropriate human oversight.
3. IoT & Edge Security: Design security solutions for IoT, edge devices, smart homes, and connected systems that can detect attacks and protect resource-constrained devices in real time.
4. Drone & Autonomous System Security: Develop solutions to protect drones, autonomous vehicles, and robotic systems from spoofing, hijacking, malicious commands, GPS attacks, and unauthorized access.
5. Privacy-Preserving AI & Digital Identity: Create innovative solutions for secure digital identity, authentication, privacy protection, and trustworthy data sharing without unnecessarily exposing sensitive information.
6. Cloud, Network & Critical Infrastructure Security: Develop intelligent security mechanisms for cloud platforms, enterprise networks, smart infrastructure, and critical services against evolving cyberattacks.
7. Deepfake, Misinformation & Social Engineering Defense: Build systems that identify deepfakes, AI-generated content, phishing campaigns, scams, and manipulated information to improve digital trust and user safety.
8. Secure Intelligent Systems: Develop AI-driven solutions to detect, prevent, and mitigate adversarial attacks, model manipulation, data poisoning and other emerging threats targeting intelligent systems.
9. Digital Forensics & Cyber Incident Response: Build intelligent tools that help investigators collect, correlate, visualize, and analyze digital evidence to identify attack sources and reconstruct cyber incidents.
10. Open Innovation: Future of CyberAI: Solve an emerging cybersecurity challenge of your choice using AI, robotics, IoT, blockchain, digital twins, privacy technologies, or other emerging technologies to create measurable real-world impact.
Guidelines
- There is no registration fee for the participants.
- Guidelines / Rules of the Hackathon: Click Here
Timelines
- Round I (Idea / PPT Submission): 18 October 2026
- Round II (Online Presentation): 31 October 2026- 1 November 2026
Team Registration: Click Here
Contact for any query:
Email ID: contact.9313889932@gmail.com
1st Place Winner
Cybersecurity Innovation Award
+ Certificate Included
2nd Place Runner-Up
Excellence in AI Security
+ Certificate Included
3rd Place
Outstanding AI Solution
+ Certificate Included
Total Prize Pool
$1,600
Distributed Among Winners
Internship Opportunities
With Leading Tech Companies
Media Coverage
TechTimes News & Partner Channels