Fwd: Elite cyber defence college to open at Bletchley Park

Thursday 24 November 2016

Elite cyber defence college to open
at World War Two code-breaking site Bletchley Park
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By Cara McGoogan

The next generation of Britain's elite cyber defence force will be
trained at the site where Alan Turing cracked the Enigma code, helping
the Allies win the Second World War.

In a UK first, a training academy dedicated to cyber security is due to
open next year at Bletchley Park, where the code-breaking work of Turing
and his team helped save millions of lives. The school will nurture
talented 16 to 19-year-olds with a focus on cyber security and conduct
research projects in the area.

The National College of Cyber Security is part of a £50 million plan to
bolster the country's defences against increasing cyber attacks. It is
funded by an industry-wide initiative called Qufaro, which includes
representatives from BT and the National Museum of Computing.

The College tackles a major skills gap in the UK, which leaves the UK
vulnerable to severe cyber attacks. The disparity between the abilities
of cyber criminals and those in defence has arisen in part because
traditional schools and universities have struggled to keep pace with
hackers, according to industry experts.

The news comes after a spate of attacks has seen customers lose hundreds
of pounds through Deliveroo and Tesco Bank, and millions of people lose
sensitive information of millions in hacks against Three and Friend
Finder Networks....



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