MWR receives Princess Royal Training Award

The award, given to MWR at a ceremony held at St James’ Palace in London, highlighted MWR’s training event HackFu as a “superb example of collaboration, skill development and leadership both for the company and the wider industry”. 

This year saw the tenth edition of HackFu in the UK, with more than 100 individuals taking part in an immersive training experience over a weekend in June.

Split into five teams, recruits had to complete team scenario-based challenges that tested their creativity, knowledge and encouraged them to learn new cyber skills. As part of the wider picture participants had to manage their resources and negotiate fake news, subterfuge and double agents to ultimately work save the world from disaster!

Such has been the success of HackFu that MWR now also conducts an event in South Africa. MWR has also begun providing HackFu events to clients to deliver the same level of immersive and educational experience. Further information on this year’s HackFu UK can be found here. 

The Princess Royal Training Award recognizes the hard work that has gone into HackFu over the past ten years to make it an industry-famous event. Staff throughout the company work tirelessly to provide both the challenges and the training itself, something that MWR believes sets HackFu apart from other training programs. Training should be not just a tick-box exercise; for new knowledge and experiences to sink in, involvement must be immersive, collaborative and above all fun. 

MWR looks forward to the next ten years, and beyond, of providing HackFu to its staff and the wider industry. 

About The Princess Royal Training Awards

The Princess Royal Training Awards is an honour for employers in the UK who have created outstanding training and skills development programmes which have resulted in exceptional commercial benefits. The awards are delivered by the City & Guilds Group, global leaders in skills development. 

About MWR InfoSecurity 

Established in 2003, MWR is an independent cyber security consultancy delivering research-led cyber security for clients around the globe. 

It provides specialist advice and solutions in all areas of security, from professional and managed services, through to developing commercial and open source security tools. It focuses on working with clients to develop and deliver security programs, tailored to meet the needs of each individual organisation. In a rapidly changing technology landscape, innovation is essential and its ambition to push boundaries sets it apart. Evidence of this approach is well documented on its dedicated research and development platform, MWR Labs. 

Central to MWR's philosophy is the desire to deliver high quality cyber security consulting services and unsurpassed levels of support to clients.