Original Coverage & Source Attribution: uk.news.yahoo.com
A 40ft shipping container is doubling as a cyber security escape room to train the next generation of digital defenders.
The CGI Cyber Escape experience is currently at Glasgow Clyde College, offering students hands-on learning outside the traditional classroom.
The immersive escape room, housed inside a shipping container, challenges students to solve timed puzzles and scenarios.
CGI Cyber Escape (Image: Caitlin O’Callaghan)
These tasks test knowledge of online threats, information security, and organisational defences against cyber attacks.
Kevin MacLean, head of sector for the Faculty of Future Technologies and Design at Glasgow Clyde College, said: “Cyber security is an area where Scotland needs skilled people who can respond to increasingly sophisticated threats.
“Experiences like CGI Cyber Escape give our students the opportunity to take what they are learning and apply it in a completely different environment, working together and solving the types of problems they could encounter in their future careers.”
Teams must work together to identify risks and complete challenges against the clock, bringing classroom theory to life in a practical, real-world environment.
The timing is relevant as demand for cyber security skills continues to rise across Scotland.
According to ScotlandIS, 62 per cent of Scottish technology companies now require cyber security capability.
The Scottish Government has also identified persistent skills gaps and shortages within the profession as a key challenge for Scotland’s future digital resilience.
Glasgow Clyde College delivers a range of programmes in the field, including NC Cyber Security, HND Cyber Security, and HND Infrastructure with Cyber Security.
Courses cover topics such as ethical hacking, digital forensics, networking, firewall and server administration.
CGI, one of the world’s largest IT and business consulting services companies, is behind the Cyber Escape initiative.
The company works across the public and private sectors in Scotland, including education, health and social care, energy, transport, financial services, and local government.
CGI has more than 1,700 cyber security specialists globally, including a team in Scotland, and has been supporting UK organisations with cyber security for more than 50 years. Its Cyber Escape initiative forms part of its wider work to improve cyber awareness and help build the future technology talent pipeline.
The Cyber Escape forms part of CGI’s wider work with schools, colleges, universities and communities to help build cyber awareness and encourage more young people to consider careers in technology and cyber security.
