GCHQ looks to recruit teens to help fight cyber attacks with summer camp initiative
By Gillian West
GCHQ is turning to teenagers to help prepare for possible cyber attacks.
Over the summer security services will be running 2,500 residential courses for teenagers, as well as a series of one-day events ‘CyberFirst adventures’, aimed at 11-year-olds.
The initiative comes after MPs published a report on the Britain’s cyber security defences which argued that the UK ranked below Brazil, South Africa and China for keeping phones and laptops secure.
The summer camps have been set up by GCHQ’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) with 1,000 work placements and bursaries available to the “brightest and best” students, as Read full story ›
Source: The Drum
