Overview

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 brings together students from universities across the UK to 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. HECC events also serve as a place where our competitors can connect with industry professionals, forging relationships beneficial to both parties in the future.