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#CyberFirst Girls Competition launches today, from @NCSC UK

The National Cyber Security Centre has opened its #CyberFirst Girls competition for 2023/2024 today and teachers are encouraged to enter schoolgirls into the UK’s flagship cyber security contest.

Register a team

Registration for the competition is open to all girls in year 8 in England and Wales, year 9 in NI, and S2 in Scotland.

Teachers/Guardians – Register now to compete in this year’s competition or log in.

Bookmark the competition page

The competition itself will begin in November.

Example challenges

There are 5 example challenges here, three shown in the picture below.

All the links :)

News: Teachers encouraged to enter schoolgirls into UK’s flagship cyber security contest (25 September 2023) National Cyber Security Centre

Registration page: https://idam.cyberfirst.ncsc.gov.uk/register/competition

CyberFirst Girls Competition page (November): https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/cyberfirst/girls-competition

Student information page including example challenges: https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/information/student-information-page

Rules & Regulations: https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/cyberfirst/competition-rules-regulations

We have some cyber security themed resources

1. Free magazine – CS4FN Issue 24 “Keep Out”

Issue 24 Keep Out

2. Blog articles

Cyber Security at the movies: Rogue one (Part I: Physical Security)
Jeremiah Onaolapo:Cyber Security Specialist
Jeremiah Onaolapo is also featured in our Black History Month resources.

There’s a “Cyber security and privacy fails” section in the page below.

Computing and society – useful vignettes for teaching about online safety and better, inclusive design ^JB

This blog is supported through EPSRC grant EP/W033615/1.