Future security stars shine in first round of CyberFirst Girls contest
There were more than 6,500 participants in the opening heats of the National Cyber Security Centre’s CyberFirst Girls competition this year
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More than 6,500 schoolgirls aged 12 to 13 from across the UK took part in the first round of the National Cyber Security Centre’s (NCSC’s) CyberFirst Girls competition, and the top-scoring school teams now move forward to face their regional rivals in the semi-finals.
As the industry marks the International Day of Woman and Girls in Science, the NCSC said it was seeing a huge appetite from girls to learn more about cyber security. More than 600 teams signed up for this year’s virtual edition of the contest.
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.