2025
65 teams representing 44 universities from across the UK, competed in the three Regional Qualifiers in Cheltenham, Manchester & online.
In the fictional scenario, they were tasked with advising local government on how to respond to an a potential cyber incident affecting UK ports.
The top 17 teams progressed to the National Finals.
Meet the National Finalists.
South Regional Qualifier
Team BU
Cybersauri
Port Patrol (2)
Cantalia
Kernal Panic Crew
North Regional Qualifier
Digital Atlas
Ctrl Alt Elite (2)
Cy-borough
No Man's LAN
The Fighting Mongooses
Innovate2Elevate
Holloway Phish and Chips
Error 503
SecCy_W0rm$
bl00msbury_blizz4rd
Edinburgh Napier Cyber Team
Guardians of the Grid
Virtual Regional Qualifier
The National Finals.
Taking place over two days at the iconic BT Tower in London, finalist teams were tasked with responding to an escalation of the cyber incident affecting UK ports.
In three with with increasing time pressure, the teams were whittled down to crown the first UK Cyber Leaders Challenge champions.
The three finalist teams had just 15-minutes to analyse new updates to the scenario & formulate their 10-minute verbal Briefing before delivering it to a panel of VIP Judges.
Congratulations to the
Grand Final teams!
1st | bl00msbury_blizz4rd | University College London
2nd | Cy-borough | Loughborough University
3rd | Port Patrol | Aston University & University of Birmingham
Championing a diverse cyber industry.
With an increasingly complex threat landscape and ever-growing reliance on technology, we need to recruit cyber professionals from across society.
At the Cyber Leaders Challenge, we are actively working with our supporters to identify & nurture this future cyber talent.
The national cyber emergency competition for UK university students.
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