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Women were essential to the success of Bletchley Park |
On International Day of Women & Girls in Science, efforts to address gender imbalance in cyber-security continue as just 11% of global cyber workforce are women Nearly 12,000 young women participated in the National Cyber Security Centre’s (a part of GCHQ) CyberFirst Girls 2019 competition, with the top 10 teams moving forward (over 3,350 teams participated) to the final of CyberFirst Girls in Edinburgh in March 2019. 11,802 schoolgirls aged 12-13 have participated in this year’s competition – a 162% increase compared to last year’s edition. As an added incentive for all competitors, the NCSC is offering around 600 free places on specially commissioned 4-day CyberFirst Defenders courses in April & May 2019. These courses will be ‘all girls’ and a mix of residential & non-residential at locations across the UK. Over the past three years, over 24,000 girls in schools across the UK have participated in the NCSC’s CyberFirst Girls competition of problem-solving and code cracking challenges to crown the UK’s most cyber-capable young women. Further information regarding the CyberFirst Girls competition can be found here: https://www.cyberfirst.ncsc.gov.uk/ |
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NCSC: I spy finalists of NCSC's CyberFirst Girls competition At last, an ‘Honour’ given to someone who deserves/has earned it! Students urged to apply for pioneering Cyber Schools Programme |