R5000 ZA research prize to be presented at B-Sides Cape Town, nominations sought

SensePost announces a competition to award the best information security research by a South African resident published in 2011, with a R5000 prize for the winning work and a R500 finder’s fee for the nominator. Nominations are open to anyone, and qualifying research must be published in a semi-formal venue (e.g., conferences, journals, whitepapers). Key dates: competition announced Nov 21, nominations close Nov 30 at 23:59, and the winner is announced Dec 3 at B-Sides Cape Town. Submissions should be emailed to [email protected] with researcher and publication details; SensePost employees and judges are excluded.