🚀 CyberStart 2026 is officially LIVE!
Yesterday, ProxyLab ry kicked off the CyberStart Program Opening Session with an incredible lineup of speakers, mentors, and cybersecurity professionals from across Europe and beyond. From career stories to program deep-dives – the energy was electric. ⚡
đź“Š 1,106 people applied to be part of CyberStart. 507 made it through, representing 50 nationalities from 42 countries. Yesterday, they all came together for the very first time.
The session opened with words from Alise Gurenko (Riga TechGirls), Matīss Andersons (Visas Iespējas) and followed by practicalities from Anna Filipenoka.
💬 We were inspired by welcome words from Anna Andersone (Riga TechGirls), Ieva Ilves (Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine 🇺🇦), Agnese Zalkovska YADI (W4C Latvia) and Janika Kajander (W4CFI).
🌟 Career stories from Jana Orlova (Latvian Safer Internet Centre) and Maria Talvela (CSC – IT Center for Science) reminded us why this work matters.
đź“š And Ismayil Hasanov (TurkuSec) closed the session with a compelling overview of what’s ahead in the program.
A huge thank you to CyberStart partners bring this our region Varsinais-Suomi: Visas IespÄ“jas, ProxyLab ry, W4C Latvia, W4CFI, Latvian Safer Internet Centre, TurkuSec, and – for making this opening truly special.
The cybersecurity training programme “CyberStart” has been developed through an international partnership with the support of the European Territorial Cooperation Programme Interreg Central Baltic Programme, bringing together the experience of Latvian organisations Riga TechGirls and Visas IespÄ“jas, along with the Finnish partner ProxyLab.
TUNNE VAPAAEHTOISESTI LAITTAA MEILLE VIESTIĂ„.