cyber girls first
London
Companies, banks, critical infrastructure and Government Offices are under
constant attack by hackers who try to break through firewalls, steal information
and in some cases hold the companies to ransom for the release of their data.
Companies spend Billions of Pounds defending themselves from as many as 200,000
attacks per day by using Coding and Cyber Security graduates and apprentices.
Females make up 50% of the UK populations, yet only about 12% of the IT/coding
and cyber workforce is comprised of women. CYBER GIRLS FIRST is attempting to
change that by demystifying the idea that only boys can succeed in IT, and to
point out that Chief Executives of companies around the country are desperate to
recruit women into their cyber departments. During WWII, more than 60% of the
codebreakers at Bletchley Park were women, so why have the numbers decreased? We
are bringing in girls aged 11-14 from local schools to give them a day of IT,
coding and cyber security, with talks by women who have attained high levels in
management in these fields. Why this age group? Because we hope to encourage
girls to take up these subjects before they reach the age when they have to
choose their two-year GCSE courses.
