Aston University London aims to nurture next-gen cyber talent
Aston University has opened the doors at Aston University London, an educational hub in the capital offering cutting-edge degree programmes designed to meet the growing demand for skills in cyber security management, innovation and enterprise leadership, digital innovation, data science and artificial intelligence, global business and management and business analytics. The hub, located at 200A Aldersgate […]
Public-private partnership launched to tackle UK cyber skills shortage
It’s hoped more people will soon be able to secure fulfilling, highly skilled jobs in the cyber security industry through a new scheme to address the shortage of cyber security experts launches its next iteration. HM Government and training provider SANS have partnered to launch the Upksill in Cyber training programme to help UK professionals […]
Schoolgirls encouraged to consider careers in cybersecurity by Aston University
One hundred female Year 8 student from Birmingham schools took part in an ‘explorer day’ organised by the Cyber Security Innovation (CSI) Centre at Aston Business School. The Cyber girls event is part of the Cyber Kali project, for which a team of academics at Aston and Warwick Universities have been awarded funding by the UK National Cyber […]
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Best city for cyber security jobs? Washington DC
Washington D.C, US has been named the best city for cybersecurity jobs thanks to its many job opportunities and high average salary, while London only ranks in 8th. That’s according to research conducted by Techshielde, which analysed several metrics including average salary, job availability and cost of living to find the best place to live […]
5 Minutes With… Stephen Whatling tackles the skills shortage in digital infrastructure
In the latest instalment of our IT security industry executive interview series, we spoke to Stephen Whatling (pictured), Chairman at BCS Integrated Solutions, about the skills shortage within digital infrastructure and how we can attract new talent to the sector… Will the widely reported ‘skills shortage’ in the sector start to cause real problems? The […]
Huge leap in girls learning cyber security skills
The number of girls looking to learn new cyber security skills has surged this summer after courses went online for the first time. The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) confirmed that the number of young people taking part in this year’s CyberFirst summer courses rose to a record-breaking 1,770 after they moved from the classroom […]
Solving the data centre skills shortage
By Stephen Whatling, Chairman at BCS The growth in demand for data centres worldwide has posed many challenges in recent years and this has now been expedited by the Covid-19 pandemic. Following a major uplift in demand for data services since March, the need for a resilient data infrastructure has never been greater. However, this year BCS’ independent […]
Mind the gap: Upskilling cyber security teams
By Matt Cable, VP Solutions Architects & MD Europe, Certes Networks, is of interest at all? At the end of 2019, it was reported that the number of unfilled global IT security positions had reached over four million professionals, up from almost three million at the same time the previous year. This included 561,000 in North America and […]
