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NCSC Names Academic Centers of Excellence in Cybersecurity Education Abertay University has been named among the first eight UK universities to be awarded Academic Centre of Excellence in Cyber Security Education by the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC). The announcement comes as the region receives £11.7m of UK and Scottish Government funding through the Tay Cities Region Deal, which will unlock major investment in Dundee’s cyberQuarter project which brin...

Abertay University: £18m investment in cyber security hub to create jobs © SYSTEM Abertay University. An £18 million investment to form a cyber security hub in Dundee will attract firms to move to the city and create jobs. The benefits of the cyberQuarter plans at Abertay University, which are part of the Tay Cities Deal, were highlighted as the university gained recognition from an arm of GCHQ. Abertay University has been named among the first eight UK universities to be awarded Academic Ce...

· Abertay University Edinburgh Napier University was successful in being recognised with a Silver award. Each of the successful Gold centres demonstrated they offer at least one NCSC-certified degree, deliver top cyber security training to staff and students from other specialisms within the university, work to improve the institution’s cyber resilience and carry out local outreach activities. This Gold award for education adds to Lancaster University’s cyber security recognition, whi...

NCSC Opens Registration for 2021 CyberFirst Girls Competition Phil Muncaster UK / EMEA News Reporter , Infosecurity Magazine The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has announced its annual CyberFirst Girls Competition is now open for registrations, with a mission to inspire the next generation of young women to pursue a career in the industry. Although set-up as an off-shoot of GCHQ to advise and protect UK organizations from cyber-threats, one of the NCSC’s...