News from the Council

Bring Your Own Device: a skills disaster even if it's secure

Mitigating security risks may not be overly complex, but there are other issues.

Access management: not so much a Service Desk ticket, more a way of life

Access Management is a science and a skillset in its own right.

Information sharing

There's an insufficiently-used portal on which to share security experiences.

Cyber security: new skills for the dawn of the quantum era

Practitioners may soon need to understand what attackers can write, and how.

Soft skills: the most important skills for cyber security

Without them, it’s simply not possible to do the cyber job properly.

Why your mainstream IT team should be security-qualified

Why don't we look for security skills when recruiting to IT teams?

Outbound transferable skills

We should aim for and applaud the up-skilling of cyber security practitioners.

The special skills of cyber security in banking

Why make specific market experience an unnecessary requirement?

The benefits of Continuous Professional Development

It's far more than just a 'tick-box' exercise.

The relevance of risk management skills to cyber security

Cyber security is just an instance of business risk management.

AI in cyber security: friend or foe?

Machines are very good at doing boring, simple work.

Can someone please do some basic security products?

What on earth is wrong with doing something simple?