"picoCTF Impresses at the Women in Cybersecurity Conference"

Security and privacy experts at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) created an educational program called picoCTF, which is aimed at bringing more people into the cybersecurity field. The picoCTF team hosted a workshop at this year's conference for Women in Cybersecurity (WiCyS), a global community dedicated to bringing talented women together to cultivate their passion and drive for cybersecurity. The goal is to increase female participation in Capture-the-Flag (CTF) events as these events help strengthen cybersecurity skills. Those who attended the workshop hosted by the picoCTF team learned about participating in CTFs and creating challenges for such security competitions. The team also ran a mini-competition using the picoCTF platform in which more than 200 women at the conference participated. This article continues to discuss the lack of representation of women in the cybersecurity field, the WiCyS community dedicated to the advancement of women in cybersecurity, and the picoCTF team's work at this year's WiCyS conference. 

CyLab reports "picoCTF Impresses at the Women in Cybersecurity Conference"