The not so top secret mission to turn high schoolers into spies amid skills shortage

Year 12 students Chris Yoo and Lily Watt take part in a cyber security workshop with ASD at the ANU, Co-Lab. Picture by Elesa Kurtz

A top intelligence organisation has set sights on training the next generation in cyber security to address crippling skills shortages which is predicted to be at a gap of up to 30,000 professionals.

The Australian Signals Directorate partnered with the Australian National University to hold a cyber security workshop through the National Youth Science Forum on Tuesday.