Cyber Games Scotland is part of a wider drive to inspire more young people to pick a career fighting cyber crime.
The Games will kick off in May with a week of virtual code-breaking challenges.
The Scottish Government’s Cyber Resilience Strategy - launched in 2015 - aims to make Scotland a world-leader in cyber resilience by 2020. A key part of this strategy is to educate and train young people to raise awareness of the threat and inspire the future cyber security workforce.
Young people with an interest in cyber security once again have the opportunity to attend free National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) summer camps in Glasgow and Edinburgh. There are two residential options available – CyberFirst Defenders and CyberFirst Advanced – as well as CyberFirst Futures, a female only non-residential course.
The CyberFirst Bursary scheme, inspired and led by NCSC, will open for applications this month. It offers a £4000 per year bursary, alongside guaranteed work experience during summer holidays. The bursary is available to UK nationals studying STEM courses at university and the scheme aims to place winners into cyber security roles upon graduation.
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