Police and Geeks Meet in Beer-Sheva for Hackathon
Police and Geeks Meet in Beer-Sheva for Hackathon
June 16, 2015
The Jerusalem Post — Over a hundred police officers, techies, private security operators, geeks, and hackers recently descended onto BGU’s Marcus Family Campus to take part in a 28-hour “hackathon” devoted to finding high-tech solutions to cybercrime challenges facing law enforcement.
The “Future Cop” hackathon was hosted by the University’s Bengis Center for Entrepreneurship and Hi-Tech Management, in collaboration with officers from the LAHAV 433 National Crime Unit of the Israel Police, which runs the organization’s cybercrimes unit.
Prof. Dafna Schwartz, director of the Bengis Center, says that the event is part of ongoing cooperation between the Center and the Israel Police in recent months. “When people say ‘Start-Up Nation’ this is what they mean,” says Prof. Schwartz.
Prof. Dafna Schwartz
A hackathon is an event where programmers, developers and designers work intensively on projects, often with the goal of solving specific problems or just for educational purposes.
The event began with officials from the Israel Police presenting a series of cybercrime threats and technological problems facing law enforcement.
Participants broke up into groups, with the goal of brainstorming solutions overnight until the following afternoon when participants presented their solutions to judges.
The top three groups win a mentorship from an officer from the cybercrimes unit, while runners up receive a cash prize to invest in a high-tech initiative.
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