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UK ’ s acute cybersecurity talent shortage : A ticking timebomb during COVID-19
H not have adequate cybersecurity provision to allow for 100 % remote working . And while 58 % of tech hiring managers list infosecurity as their most required skillset right now – only 10 % of tech professionals in the UK possess the right skills to help plug the gap .
KASPERSKY LAUNCHES NEW PROGRAMME TO HELP UNIVERSITIES AND LABORATORIES ADVANCE THEIR INDUSTRIAL CYBERSECURITY RESEARCH
K programme to help institutions become better equipped at understanding the latest and most prevalent industrial cybersecurity threats . By joining the programme , educational institutions , laboratories , research
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UK ’ s acute cybersecurity talent shortage : A ticking timebomb during COVID-19

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H not have adequate cybersecurity provision to allow for 100 % remote working . And while 58 % of tech hiring managers list infosecurity as their most required skillset right now – only 10 % of tech professionals in the UK possess the right skills to help plug the gap .

The findings come from a new report by global recruiter , Robert Walters , and data provider , Vacancysoft , called Cybersecurity : Building business resilience , which highlights how the problem is far worse on a European level , with 70 % of companies stating that they do not have a sufficient cybersecurity team and are having to deal with a talent shortage of 140,000 across the continent .
Darius Goodarzi , Principal – Information Security and IT Risk
at Robert Walters , said : “ The move to remote working , cloud-based file sharing , rise in video calls and cashless transactions has highlighted to all businesses the importance of adequate IT security to allow for Business Continuity and protection from online breaches . In fact , there are over 65,000 attempted cyberattacks on UK SMEs every day – with around 4,500 being successful at a cost of £ 2.48 million per instance . Given the cost – both financially and reputationally to businesses – it is surprising to hear that cybersecurity only accounts for 5.6 % of total IT spend in a company .”

KASPERSKY LAUNCHES NEW PROGRAMME TO HELP UNIVERSITIES AND LABORATORIES ADVANCE THEIR INDUSTRIAL CYBERSECURITY RESEARCH

departments , Security Operations Centres ( SOC ) and emergency response teams ( CERT and CSIRT ) that meet the partner profile criteria will be able to improve how they conduct their research and train cybersecurity specialists using the Kaspersky Industrial Cybersecurity solution for free . aspersky has launched a dedicated collaboration

K programme to help institutions become better equipped at understanding the latest and most prevalent industrial cybersecurity threats . By joining the programme , educational institutions , laboratories , research

Industrial organisations keep facing the challenge of how to defend their industrial control systems ( ICS ) from a widerange of attacks . For instance , Kaspersky ’ s solutions helped to block malicious objects on nearly half ( 46 %) of ICS computers worldwide in 2019 . With this in mind , laboratories and institutions are constantly working to create methods that reduce the risks to industrial processes and systems and develop requirements for safe industrial processes .
By closely collaborating with vendors , researchers who embrace dedicated security solutions can yield better results and foster the capabilities industrial organisations need to detect and defend themselves against the latest cyberthreats . www . intelligentciso . com | Issue 30
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