This past summer, 100 middle school girls stayed at Dakota State University in South Dakota for five days. They were part of a summer camp that taught campers about cybersecurity and tech jobs.

Question

CybHER is the organization that hosted the camp. It was founded by a group of female tech professors. They want to get more women to choose these careers.

Learning About Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity is the protection of internet networks, devices and data from being accessed by people who aren’t allowed to use them.

At the camp, students learned the problem-solving skills necessary for cybersecurity jobs. For example, they used binary code to make friendship bracelets. They also learned the Python coding language and picked locks — all in an attempt to think like a cybersecurity professional.

Picking locks teaches people to look for weaknesses. They can then apply this skill to the development of software protection.

“I want to learn to lock-pick — probably just to annoy my family,” said Suzanna Koetters. She traveled from Iowa to be part of this year’s camp. Suzanna plans to use her knowledge to create safe and reliable websites. Which statement is a central idea of the article?

A
Girls can use binary code to make friendship bracelets.

B
Podhradsky wanted to be a lawyer before learning about websites.

C
CybHER wants to get more girls interested in cybersecurity jobs.

D
Many girls who went to cybersecurity camp got degrees in other subjects.

Answer 1

C. CybHER wants to get more girls interested in cybersecurity jobs.