GCHQ has created a competition aimed at girls aged 12 to 13 to get more women into cyber security. Currently women only make up around 11 per cent of the global cyber workforce, but Britain's surveillance agency is hoping to change this with the CyberFirst Girls Competition. Alongside a mentor, they will face challenges in four main categories: networking, logic and coding, cyber security and cryptography. Chris Ensor, deputy director of the National Cyber Security Centre, which is part of GCHQ, told the Sunday Times: 'Taking part will help girls develop new skills, gain rare insight into the world of national security and hopefully inspire tech-savvy girls to consider cyber security as a career.' GCHQ also hope that the challenge will encourage girls to think about their own cyber security and change passwords on devices such as their computer or phone.

Source: Daily Mail January 06, 2019 20:34 UTC