The CyberFirst Girls Competition is now open for registration. This exciting initiative, aimed at encouraging young girls to explore the world of cybersecurity, offers a unique opportunity to develop valuable skills in a fun and engaging environment.
The competition is a team event. Each team – consisting of up to four girls in Year 8 (England and Wales), S2 (Scotland) or Year 9 (Northern Ireland) – tackle challenges from cryptography and logic to artificial intelligence and networking for the chance to be crowned cyber security champions.
Every girl from the winning teams will take a brand-new laptop home, and have a chance to win prize money for their school.
The content for each category of the competition is consistent with subjects within the Computer Science syllabus from both the National Curriculum and Scotland’s Curriculum for Excellence.
However, the competition will contain some advanced cyber topics that are not covered in traditional education but will seek to stretch the lateral thinking and additional cyber knowledge of the teams.
The competition opens on 18th November 2024 at midday. After this, teams will have 10 days to answer as many of the challenges as possible before the competition closes on 27th November.
One of our winning Scottish teams from St Kentigern’s Academy is pictured from last year’s competition. Help us spread the word to inspire and educate the next generation of cybersecurity experts.
Find out more about how you can sign-up here.
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