50 years of GCHQ Bude
ISC2 launches AI-based adaptive training ISC2 has updated the Systems Security Certified Practitioner (SSCP) credential exam and launched SSCP Self-Paced Training. Utilising adaptive learning technology, the courses are designed to offer a personalised learning pathway that builds on the individual’s prior knowledge. Regular updates are a crucial part of ISC2’s approach to its credential exams, which is why they are so respected in the world of cyber security. As well as passing the SSCP test, students must also gain at least one year of relevant work experience in areas such as access controls or cryptography. Dr Casey Marks, chief qualifications officer at ISC2, said: “The SSCP certification has a strong focus on the technical aspects of cybersecurity. These practitioners are working day in and day out in the SOC [security operations centre], reviewing incident logs, and ultimately are the frontline
Registration opens for CyberFirst Girls Competition 2024/25 Teams are being encouraged to get registered for the CyberFirst Girls Competition 2024/25 now that sign up is open. Run by the NCSC, the contest is designed to introduce 12 and 13-year-old girls to cyber security, with the aim of increasing the number of women in the industry. Each team of four tackles a different online challenge, with the content ranging from cracking codes and networking to artificial intelligence. These are the types of skills needed in cyber roles, where women make up just 17 per cent of the workforce. Chris Ensor, deputy director for cyber growth at NCSC, said: “The CyberFirst Girls Competition is an excellent gateway into the exciting world of cyber security, combining fun with challenge and providing participants the opportunity to test their skills against peers from their region.”
September 16th marked five decades since the world’s first communications satellite (COMSAT) installation opened in Bude in Cornwall. The facility started out with just two antennae collecting data to facilitate GCHQ’s operations, but has since grown to house 30. Still playing an essential role to this day, GCHQ Bude is one of the biggest intelligence collecting sites in the world, engaging in the full breadth of the agency’s work. Ensuring GCHQ is well equipped to respond to real-world events and shifts in the telecommunications environment is vital to its mission, with COMSAT an important part of that process. Anne Keast-Butler, director of GCHQ, said: "Today, GCHQ Bude remains absolutely central to everything we do as an organisation. It provides some of the most prized intelligence in support of our mission to keep the country safe. And it remains to this day a site that is highly valued not only by our own organisation, but by our partners across the ‘Five Eyes’ intelligence community.
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