News from the Council

Competency Based Questioning - part 2

"How do you maintain good working relationships with your colleagues?"

The NCSC’s first CCP specialism is live

Risk Management is first to launch.

Degree apprenticeships: they’re a thing and they’re in cyber

The NCSC has formally certified its first two “degree apprenticeships".

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

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

The NCSC CCP has grown on me

Can there be value in spending £2.5k on another certification?

UK Government report: the blame game of poor recruitment

With 37% of vacancies “hard” to fill, the disconnect needs addressing.

The top five skills of a CISO

We've compared ten different articles on the subject.

Factual and accurate: how to get information to the Board

And why report static data on a monthly or quarterly basis?

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.

Workforce cyber knowledge: impacted by furlough

Returning workers may need security awareness training.

Getting the message to the board

“RAG” status is commonly used… but few realise it's insufficient.

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

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