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Homelabs for hackers: Building a cyber range on a student budget

George Ferres
2026-10-14 9:00 am
Breakout
Building Secure Technology
Secure Architecture and System Design

A functional cyber security home lab can be built from free tools and secondhand hardware, then scaled into a genuine red and blue team range.

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George Ferres is a security engineer and trainer at TAFE and creator of Homelabs for Hackers, presenting across sessions on cyber ranges and SOC response.
George Ferres
Security Engineer & Educator
Ferres Group
George Ferres is a security engineer and trainer at TAFE and creator of Homelabs for Hackers, presenting across sessions on cyber ranges and SOC response.

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