Bletchley Park: Teen cyberdefence school planned at historic home of codebreaking

Bletchley Park played an active role in security efforts during World War II. Bletchley Park, the iconic estate where Alan Turing and many other codebreakers helped decrypt Nazi communications, is set to play an active role in national security for the first time since the end of the Second World War, when the UK's first National College for Cyber Security opens its doors on the iconic site. Hitler's "unbreakable" encryption machine - and the Bletchley Park devices which cracked the code The college, designed to nurture cybersecurity skills of'gifted' 16- to 19-year olds, will be backed by QUFARO, a not-for-profit body created by senior figures at Cyber Security Challenge UK, the National Museum of Computing at Bletchley Park, the Institute of Information Security Professionals, BT Security, and cybersecurity firm Raytheon. QUFARO describes itself as a "new initiative designed to make it simpler for those with career ambitions in cybersecurity to access the UK's cyber-specific education and innovation opportunities". The aim of the organisation is help deliver the workforce necessary to protect British citizens and organisations against the growing threat of hacking and cyberattacks -- and the increasingly sophisticated actors behind them -- which cost the UK hundreds of millions, if not billions, of pounds a year.