Scottish schoolgirls succeed in UK cyber security competition
Pupils at nine schools in Scotland have been successful in reaching the semi-final stage of the 2021 CyberFirst Girls Competition, run by the NCSC.
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11 February 2021
Girls in Scotland have demonstrated their digital skills and codebreaking prowess by seeing off competition from thousands of rivals in the UK’s flagship cyber security contest.
Pupils at nine schools in Scotland have been successful in reaching the semi-final stage of the 2021 CyberFirst Girls Competition, run by the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) – a part of GCHQ.
More than 6,500 girls nationwide entered this year’s qualifying round, with teams from more than 600 schools tackling online cyber security puzzles for a chance to be named local champions and progress to the UK Grand Final.
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NCSC CyberFirst Girls 2021 contest kicks off
UK’s national cyber agency says it has already had hundreds of entrants in spite of the challenges presented by the pandemic
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The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has called on girls aged 12 to 13 from across the UK to sign up for its annual CyberFirst Girls competition, with the deadline for entries fast approaching on Monday 25 January.
This year’s CyberFirst Girls contest has already had hundreds of schools sign up to take part in spite of the challenges presented to the education sector by the pandemic – the contest will, obviously, be going fully virtual in 2021.
NCSC Opens Registration for 2021 CyberFirst Girls Competition
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The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has announced its annual CyberFirst Girls Competition is now open for registrations, with a mission to inspire the next generation of young women to pursue a career in the industry.
Although set-up as an off-shoot of GCHQ to advise and protect UK organizations from cyber-threats, one of the NCSC’s other core goals is to help address chronic cybersecurity skills shortages in the UK.
According to government figures published in March, 48% of businesses have a basic cyber-skills gap. This is defined as those in charge of cybersecurity lacking the confidence to carry out the kinds of basic tasks laid out in the government-endorsed Cyber Essentials scheme, and are not getting support from external cybersecurity providers.”