The Frostbyte Cybersecurity Workshop, held on May 23rd, 2025, marked the official opening of the Frostbyte Lab to students. The lab is a joint initiative between Reykjavík University and the University of Iceland. The event brought together students and faculty from both institutions for a day of engaging talks, discussions, and networking centred on cybersecurity research.

Workshop highlights included several outstanding student presentations, which provided impressive insights into current projects and topics. Two student presentations, with Birgir Sigurðsson from the University of Iceland presenting Accidental pentest – why not to code with AI, and Marteinn Lundi Kjartansson together with Emilía Maidland from Reykjavík University presenting Scan Iceland: Vᛟlva - Architecture and Implementation of a Continuous National Network Scanner, received the Best Student Presentation award with a book prize.

Round table discussions with mixed student groups raised various future research and project ideas, ranging from, e.g., research into the security of air traffic control, drones and potential for malicious use to IT security of schools, cybersecurity teaching and awareness in schools and quantum encryption in healthcare.

The Frostbyte Lab, established with support through EU funding via the NCC-IS (Eyvör) and Defend Iceland grants, was formally introduced during the course of the workshop, which finished with a tour of the Frostbyte Lab facilities at Reykjavík University.