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University of Greenwich · Cybersecurity Society

Learn security.
Build confidence.
Make an impact.

GreCyberSec is a practical, welcoming community for students who want to understand and shape a more secure digital world.

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Who we are

A place to learn by doing.

From your first security concept to your next technical challenge, we create thoughtful spaces for exploration, collaboration and responsible practice.

Hands-on

Workshops designed to turn curiosity into skill.

Community-led

A supportive network across every level of experience.

What’s next

Upcoming events

Open sessions for students who want to meet, learn and practise.

All events

17 September 2026

Welcome & threat modelling

Meet the society and learn a practical way to map risks before building.

Time
18:00–19:30
Where
Greenwich Campus
Format
In person

1 October 2026

Cyber careers panel

An honest conversation with practitioners about routes into cyber security.

Time
18:30–20:00
Where
Online
Format
Hybrid

15 October 2026

Blue team lab night

A guided session on analysing alerts, evidence and incident timelines.

Time
18:00–20:00
Where
Greenwich Campus
Format
In person

Skills studio

Workshops for every starting point

Clear, structured sessions on the areas that matter in modern security.

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Beginner

90 minutes

Network security foundations

Understand traffic, segmentation and common defensive controls.

  • Protocols
  • Firewalls
  • Monitoring

Intermediate

2 hours

Web application security

Explore secure design and responsibly identify common web risks.

  • OWASP
  • Threat modelling
  • Mitigations

Beginner

2 hours

Digital forensics

Preserve, examine and communicate evidence in a safe practice environment.

  • Evidence
  • Timelines
  • Reporting

Intermediate

90 minutes

Cloud security essentials

Build a least-privilege mindset for cloud-hosted systems.

  • Identity
  • Logging
  • Configuration

Capture the Flag

Challenge your thinking, responsibly.

Our CTF activities turn theory into puzzles. Work with others, document your approach and practise within clear ethical boundaries.

Discover CTF

Our approach

  1. 01Learn the foundations
  2. 02Work through challenges together
  3. 03Share methods, not harm

Student work

Projects with purpose

Small, focused projects that investigate real security questions.

All projects

Human factors

Research

Phishing resilience study

A student research project examining how clear communication can reduce risky decisions.

Defensive security

In progress

Home lab hardening guide

An accessible guide to inventory, update and segment a personal practice lab.

Operations

Open to contributors

Incident response playbook

A lightweight, reusable framework for documenting and rehearsing an incident response.

The people

Meet the committee

The team coordinating a thoughtful, student-centred programme.

Meet the team

President

Committee member to be announced

Society direction and university liaison

Vice President

Committee member to be announced

Events and member experience

Technical Lead

Committee member to be announced

Workshops, labs and CTF activities

Communications Lead

Committee member to be announced

Community updates and outreach