Northrop Grumman Announces Winners of UK's CyberCenturion Competition to Find Cyber Security Talent of the Future
May 05 2016 - 6:27AM
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) announces the winners of
the 2016 CyberCenturion national finals, a team competition in a
high-pressure, face-to-face cyber defence scenario against the
clock. The competition is one of many initiatives led by Northrop
Grumman to help identify the best young cyber talent.
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The national final was held in the National Museum of Computing
at Bletchley Park and was won by G-Sec, a team from Bayside
Comprehensive School, Gibraltar.
CyberCenturion is the U.K.'s first team-based cyber security
contest specifically designed to attract 12-18 year olds. Delivered
in partnership with Cyber Security Challenge U.K., the competition
aims to engage talented young people with an interest in cyber as a
way to address the national skills gap in science, technology,
engineering and mathematics (STEM) subjects and encourage careers
in cyber security.
The ten teams in the finals, who competed against hundreds of
players from across the UK and Overseas Territories over three
qualifying rounds, were tasked to defend a fictitious newly created
Internet of Things (IoT) business which was vulnerable to cyber
attacks. The scenario tasked contestants to analyse the company's
network and identify and remediate security flaws across different
operating systems – much like those found in businesses across the
country today.
"There is a huge pool of untapped talent and enthusiasm for STEM
subjects among young people and we believe we can use our
world-leading expertise in cyber to help dramatically boost the
UK's STEM skills base," added Andrew Tyler, Chief Executive Europe,
Northrop Grumman. "We are addressing this issue around the world
and in addition to CyberCenturion in Europe and CyberPatriot in the
US, we now also have CyberArabia in the Middle East, each aimed at
developing talent and helping inspire and enable young people to
pursue a career in cyber security. It is critical for the future of
our global infrastructure that young people are engaged and that
the talent pipeline is filled in this important area."
"This year we saw double the number of teams signing up to play;
a fantastic result and one we'd like to see again in the third year
of the competition," said Stephanie Daman, CEO at Cyber Security
Challenge UK. "With an expected deficit of 1.5 million unfulfilled
jobs in cyber globally by 2020, we need to get children interested
in cyber at an early age and the diversity of jobs in the sector
means we need individuals from different backgrounds, interests and
areas too."
CyberCenturion is the U.K. version of the proven CyberPatriot
competition, part of a major U.S. national youth cyber STEM
education programme presented by the Northrop Grumman Foundation
and created by the Air Force Association. It is part of the
company's commitment to promoting STEM education and to helping
build the U.K.'s pool of talent in cyber security. The CyberPatriot
competition in the U.S. has already engaged more than300,000
children, educating them on the opportunities in cyber security
across the U.S. Eighty percent of those who have taken part in
CyberPatriot now plan to pursue a higher education course in cyber
or STEM .
The competition was modelled after the U.S. CyberPatriot Youth
Cyber Defense Competition, a programme created by the Air Force
Association, a nonprofit organisation advocating for education, and
presented by the Northrop Grumman Foundation.
To find out more about CyberCenturion go to:
https://cybersecuritychallenge.org.uk
Northrop Grumman is a leading provider of full-spectrum cyber
solutions to the United States government and to allied nations
around the world. The company builds cyber into every system,
platform, and product that it produces in order to enhance mission
assurance and resiliency, while investing both in innovative
technology and cyber talent of the future. For information about
careers in cyber in the U.K., go to
http://www.northropgrumman.com/careers.
Northrop Grumman is a leading global security company providing
innovative systems, products and solutions in autonomous systems,
cyber, C4ISR, strike, and logistics and modernisation to government
and commercial customers worldwide. Please visit
www.northropgrumman.com for more information.
CONTACT: Ken Beedle
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+44 (0) 7787 174092 (mobile)
ken.beedle@euro.ngc.com
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