{"id":19429,"date":"2026-03-18T15:15:02","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T15:15:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/kirkcaldyhighschool\/?p=19429"},"modified":"2026-03-18T15:18:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T15:18:10","slug":"cyber-security-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/kirkcaldyhighschool\/2026\/03\/18\/cyber-security-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"Cyber Security Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"longdesc-return-19432\" longdesc=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/kirkcaldyhighschool?longdesc=19432&#038;referrer=19429\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/kirkcaldyhighschool\/uploads\/sites\/12475\/2026\/03\/18151412\/2026-03-18-Computing-Competition-5-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"Cyber Security Competition\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-19432\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/kirkcaldyhighschool\/uploads\/sites\/12475\/2026\/03\/18151412\/2026-03-18-Computing-Competition-5-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/kirkcaldyhighschool\/uploads\/sites\/12475\/2026\/03\/18151412\/2026-03-18-Computing-Competition-5-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/kirkcaldyhighschool\/uploads\/sites\/12475\/2026\/03\/18151412\/2026-03-18-Computing-Competition-5-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/kirkcaldyhighschool\/uploads\/sites\/12475\/2026\/03\/18151412\/2026-03-18-Computing-Competition-5.jpeg 1260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After entering their submissions for the national Academic Centre of Excellence (ACE) Cyber Security Competition, seven of our senior Computing Science &amp; Games Development students were invited along to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abertay.ac.uk\/\">Abertay University<\/a> to compete in the Scottish final.<\/p>\n<p>Before battle commenced they received input from the National Cyber Security Centre (NCC) Group on Cyber Security approaches and a fascinating lecture on real world Digital Forensics from Professor Ian Ferguson. <\/p>\n<p>Our two teams, &#8216;Ministry Of Gingerbread&#8217; and &#8216;Dipoost&#8217; then competed in a Capture The Flag competition with &#8216;Dipoost&#8217; coming in at 3rd on site and 12th of 60 overall.  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