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The Higher Education Cyber Challenge (HECC) is a national cyber security competition for UK universities. Our competition was founded by a group of alumni at the University of Southampton with expertise in black-hat hacking and digital security.

HECC 2019 saw over 100 students from 14 universities across the UK battle against the clock to exploit a diverse range of cyber security challenges and complex puzzles. Inspired by real cyber attacks, our challenges include both software and hardware vulnerabilities designed to stretch the abilities of those competing.

The event also serves as a place where our competitors can connect with industry professionals, forging relationships beneficial to both parties in the future.