All-female classes in cyber-skills are being set up by the GCHQ intelligence service, in an attempt to recruit a wider range of online security experts.
Almost 90% of the cyber-skills workforce worldwide is male, says GCHQ’s cyber-defence arm, the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC).
With warnings of serious skills shortages, the security services are worried about missing female recruits.
Chris Ensor of the NCSC says it needs to “address the imbalance”.
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Source: BBC News