Contest to inspire schoolgirls to become code-breakers
A competition with a mission to inspire the next generation of cyber security experts will open on Monday... and it's just for girls. The contest is run by the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) to encourage 12 and 13-year-old girls to get involved in code-cracking and problem-solving, in the hope they chose computer science for GCSE and go on to do further qualifications in the subject.The problem is, only 11% of the global cyber workforce are women - something the deputy director of the NCSC Chris Ensor says is "not good enough".He said: "Often we talk about boys, girls, male, female, but ultimately we want people across the spectrum working in this space who will bring different things."They might have the same technical skills but they look at things in a different w...