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It's Not Easy to Find It Staff with The Right Skill-Set
Dec 5, 2013It's not easy to find IT staff with the right skill-set, and it's even harder to find people with good Cisco skills. That's according to Steve Capper, director of IT at construction firm Skanska, as he told Computing recently. Further ...
Tags: Cisco Skills, Harder Still, IT Staff
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Only Four Per Cent of UK Organisations Have It Security Functions
Oct 30, 2013Only four per cent of UK organisations have IT security functions that fully meet their needs, a new survey released by one of the "big four" international professional services firms, Ernst & Young, claims. Ernst & Young's 16th annual ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
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IT Industry Determined How to Boost The Number of Skilled Cyber Security Professionals
Jul 18, 2013One of the biggest challenges facing the IT industry is determining how to boost the number of skilled cyber security professionals in order to combat an epidemic of cyber crime. That's according to Jon Ramsey, CTO of Dell SecureWorks, the ...
Tags: Security Skills, DELL, Computer Products, IT
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Just Six Per Cent of Those Training for a Career in Cyber Security Are Female
Jun 5, 2013Just six per cent of those training for a career in cyber security are female, according to figures published by QA, the UK's largest IT training company. The proportion of women working in Britain's IT and telecommunications industry ...
Tags: Cyber Security Professionals, Women, Trainee
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DMU Has Joined Forces with Business Advisors Deloitte to Launch a Masters
May 24, 2013De Monfort University (DMU) has joined forces with business advisors Deloitte to launch a masters in science (MSc) for cyber security - what it says is the first of its kind in the UK. DMU's Cyber Security Centre experts and Deloitte's ...
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Demand for Information Security Experts in The US Rises
Mar 11, 2013According to a pair of recently released reports, demand for information security experts in the United States is outstripping the available supply by a widening margin. A report from Burning Glass Technologies, which develops ...
Tags: information security experts, United States, widening margin
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Cyber Attacks in The UK Cost The Country up to 27bn Each Year
Feb 18, 2013Cyber attacks in the UK cost the country up to 27bn each year. A report by the National Audit Office warned that the IT skills shortage in Britain could make it vulnerable against cyber attacks for the next 20 years. The UK suffered ...
Tags: UK, Cyber attacks, cyber security
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Secure Decisions' MeerCAT Was Selected as a Finalist in GSN 2012 Homeland Security Awards
Dec 19, 2012The Secure Decisions Division of Applied Visions and developer of MeerCAT , a visualization toolkit for wireless network security, has been selected as a finalist in the Government Security News (GSN) 2012 Homeland Security Awards ...
Tags: MeerCAT, wireless network security, network, IT security
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Aspirant Cyber Security Professionals Can Submit Applications in Five Categories
Nov 26, 2012(ISC)2 is inviting applications for scholarships worth a total exceeding 90,000 pound to promote information security studies for women,undergraduate,graduate and post-graduate students. The scholarship scheme,run by the (ISC)2 ...
Tags: (ISC)2;, scholarships, Information Security Scholarships
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The Competition Is Designed and Run by The Government's Communications Intelligence Agency
Sep 19, 2012The UK national Cyber Security Challenge has launched another competition to test the ability of amateur cyber defenders to protect a simulated government IT system. The competition is designed and run by the government's communications ...
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A Pilot with Eight (ISC)2 Chapters Launchs at The Second Annual (ISC)2 Security Congress
Sep 11, 2012Information security professional body (ISC)2 has announced a Young Professionals Group to attract young people to the field of information security. The initiative, part of (ISC)2's commitment to supporting newcomers to the profession, ...
Tags: Information security, cyber security, Cyber Security Strategy, (ISC)2