{"id":22679,"date":"2026-04-28T13:20:20","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T10:20:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grnet.gr\/?p=22679"},"modified":"2026-04-28T13:20:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T10:20:20","slug":"grnet-ctf-1st-place-geant-security-days-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grnet.gr\/en\/2026\/04\/28\/grnet-ctf-1st-place-geant-security-days-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"GRNET\u2019s cybersecurity team wins 1st place in CTF at G\u00c9ANT Security Days 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The cybersecurity team of GRNET secured <\/span><b>1st place<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the Capture The Flag (CTF) competition held during G\u00c9ANT Security Days 2026 on 8 April 2026 in Utrecht, the Netherlands.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Represented by <\/span><b>Dimitris Kolotouros<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>Marios Levogiannis<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the GRNET team competed against participants from National Research and Education Networks (NRENs) and the wider research community, successfully addressing a series of advanced, real-world cybersecurity challenges.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The competition assessed skills in areas such as OSINT, web security, AI security, forensics and log analysis, cryptography and steganography, and GRC, highlighting GRNET&#8217;s expertise and its contribution to strengthening secure and resilient digital infrastructures for the research and education community.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Organised by G\u00c9ANT, Security Days 2026 (7-9 April), held under the theme <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cSecuring Tomorrow Together\u201d<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, brought together security professionals, network experts, and policy makers from across Europe to explore key challenges and opportunities in cybersecurity, including cloud security, cyber resilience, community engagement, and the human factor. Through training sessions, keynote speeches, and collaborative discussions, the conference provided a platform for exchanging knowledge and best practices, reinforcing cooperation across the European NREN community.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">GRNET\u2019s distinction in the CTF competition reflects its active contribution to the international cybersecurity ecosystem and its commitment to supporting secure and resilient digital infrastructures for research and education.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The cybersecurity team of GRNET secured 1st place in the Capture The Flag (CTF) competition held during G\u00c9ANT Security Days 2026 on 8 April 2026 in Utrecht, the Netherlands. Represented by Dimitris Kolotouros and Marios Levogiannis, the GRNET team competed against participants from National Research and Education Networks (NRENs) and the wider research community, successfully [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":22680,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[294,355,490],"tags":[1197,1045,363,349,1168,1196],"class_list":["post-22679","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events-en","category-news-en","category-news_en-en","tag-ctf","tag-cybersecurity-en","tag-geant-en-2","tag-grnet-en","tag-nrens","tag-security-days-2026"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/grnet.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22679","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/grnet.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/grnet.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grnet.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grnet.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22679"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/grnet.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22679\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22682,"href":"https:\/\/grnet.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22679\/revisions\/22682"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grnet.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22680"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/grnet.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22679"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grnet.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22679"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grnet.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22679"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}