A competition for next generation cyber security professionals has been launched in response to the lack of online security experts in the UK. 

The Cyber Security Challenge consists of three competitions, which aim to find talented individuals who are capable of defending organisations against cyber attacks. The public and private funded programme has the support of the government, the Open University and industry suppliers like EADS.

The winners of the three competitions will be announced next year and prizes include bursaries for electronics and security related university courses and memberships to professional online security bodies.

Kevin Streater, from the Open University, said the UK needed to tempt more people into computer security, see his comments in the full article.