A new course is aiming to boost the number of women in the booming cyber security industry.
Almost 80 students have signed up for the seven-month course, which is based at Glasgow Caledonian UniversityMore than two decades later she now dreams of making a living from it thanks to a pioneering new course designed to break down gender barriers.
As well as meeting the soaring demand for experts, the qualification is also designed to challenge the make-up of the tech industry, where less than a quarter of professionals are female. One area she hopes to specialise in is bug bounties, which are paid out if hackers can identify weaknesses in IT systems."I have always been a bit geeky," she said.Ms Meney found out about the new opportunity as she was still in touch with lecturers from the applied psychology degree she completed at GCU in 2017.
No previous knowledge or experience in technology or maths is required to become a Cisco Certified CyberOps Associate, which is industry recognised qualification.Louise Morran is a defuelling project manager at the Hunterston B nuclear power plant in North Ayrshire.The site, owned by EDF Energy, is undergoing a three-year process of defuelling with the spent nuclear fuel sent to Sellafield for reprocessing.
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