News from the Council

ISACA on diversity in the cyber workforce

"Neurodiversity is a competitive advantage that should be leveraged"

ISACA reveals the skills we’ll need for 2022

Top three skills identified.

ENISA’s view on cyber skills trends

Number of cyber graduates to double within three years.

Cyber remains at the top of the list of skills needs

Harvey Nash's full report is packed with statistics.

OWASP's top 10 cyber risks for 2021 released

Some notable changes since previous edition in 2017.

Lack of training is a major reason behind council data breaches - report

Councils' average spend on security training per employee is £1.58.

Diversifying the cyber security hiring pool

Consider hiring people with 'non-traditional backgrounds'

CIISec CEO: poor recruitment means poor diversity in cyber

Collaboration between recruiters and organisations needs to improve.

DCMS report focuses on the UK’s cyber recruitment pool

Concludes with recommendations in four categories.

Fewer Comp Sci school students leading to a wider cyber skills gap

Report authors also express concern about out-of-date skills.

SANS Institute: Over half of cyber professionals lack the skills for cyber threat intelligence

Lack of trained staff/lack of skills cited as the biggest issue.

Cyber teaching growing in the UK, but needs to be more practical

'Courses are too theoretical', say students