--- title: Building the UK’s next generation of cyber talent description: The UK Cyber Team, a government initiative led by DSIT in partnership with SANS Institute, relaunched to develop advanced cyber talent for 18-25 year olds.... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/building-the-uk-s-next-generation-of-cyber-talent-lg1fbcfqm twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Building the UK’s next generation of cyber talent | daily.dev og:description: The UK Cyber Team, a government initiative led by DSIT in partnership with SANS Institute, relaunched to develop advanced cyber talent for 18-25 year olds.... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/building-the-uk-s-next-generation-of-cyber-talent-lg1fbcfqm og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/lG1FBcfQm.png og:image:alt: Building the UK’s next generation of cyber talent og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Building the UK’s next generation of cyber talent **[The Register](https://daily.dev/sources/theregister)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary The UK Cyber Team, a government initiative led by DSIT in partnership with SANS Institute, relaunched to develop advanced cyber talent for 18-25 year olds. Over 1,300 applicants competed, with 30 selected for the national team. The team debuted internationally at ZeroDays CTF (top 9% of 128 teams) and the European Cyber Security Challenge (22nd of 38 nations). Leadership is now transitioning to a dedicated Community Interest Company run by coaches, with SANS stepping back from stewardship. The program is seeking sponsors, mentors, and partners for its next phase. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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