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Schools need to push STEM subjects to address cyber security shortage
A shortage of staff and skills are negatively affecting cyber security defences, new research suggests. Almost two in three enterprise representati...
New initiative aims to encourage women into cyber security
A new cyber security training scheme has been launched aimed at addressing the shortage of women in the industry. Currently, women make up a fifth ...
MediaPRO to focus on cyber security training under new chief executive
A new chief executive and increased investment is heading to MediaPRO, as the company develops its platform to helps train employees on cyber secur...
‘Boring, long and technical’ cyber security training is pointless
Companies need to make cyber security training fun or run the risk of getting hacked, according to IT best practice consultants Axelos. Dull cyber ...
Nottingham City Council to promote ethical hacking skills with EC-Council partnership
IT professionals in Nottingham now have access to EC-Council’s certified ethical hacker training and credentials after the information security cer...
Free cyber security training courses offered to teenagers this July
More than 1,000 free places on cyber security courses are being offered to teenagers in a bid to bridge Britain’s cyber skills shortage. Some 1,150...
Schools need to do more to encourage youngsters into cyber security career
Young females will be key to filling the global cyber security talent shortage but more needs to be done at school level to encourage young people ...
SANS coming to London for eight days this June
Information security training provider SANS will stage eight days of cyber security training courses in London this summer. Scheduled to take place...
Pay what you want for more than 100 hours of cyber security training
The ‘pay what you want’ concept has been adopted for everything from music albums to restaurants and it has now reached cyber security training. Ho...
Social test highlights lack of cyber security sense among employees
More than one in four (27 per cent) employees clicked a phishing link during a social engineering test, suggesting that a significant portion of of...
Dstl seeking cyber security apprentices
The Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) has focused on cyber security as it launches its 2018 apprenticeship recruitment campaign. Dst...
Bletchley Park could become a cyber security training centre
Bletchley Park could soon be home to a new digital technology institute after plans to transform the site's derelict Block D into a cyber security ...
Staff not offered cyber security training at 3 in 4 UK councils
Three in four UK councils do not provide mandatory cyber security training to their staff, despite cyber attacks becoming increasingly fierce and f...
QA apprenticeship applications up by almost half in six months
IT training provider QA has seen the number of school students applying for apprenticeships shoot up by almost 50 per cent since mid-2017. To date,...
Engineering and manufacturing firms desperate for cyber security talent
A rise in cyber attacks on the engineering and manufacturing sectors has sparked increased demand for cyber security professionals in these industr...
SSCP certificates now available via online on-demand courses
Trainee IT professionals will soon be able to complete their Systems Security Certified Practitioner (SSCP) certificate coursework online after two...
Cyber security training is the top priority within finance
Educating employees on best practices regarding cyber security should be the top priority for the finance sector, according to a recent poll of chi...
How employers are finding (and keeping hold of) talented cyber security staff
The shortage of adequately skilled IT workers has been highlighted yet again with another piece of research. Almost every tech employer surveyed sa...
UK councils team up to address cyber security training shortfall
More than 30 UK councils are now delivering cyber security awareness training thanks to a highly successful collaboration between a project funding...
Biggest cyber security training priorities outlined by education boss
Organisations need to strengthen their proactive security efforts by improving cyber security training. That’s according to Mike Moniz, co-founder ...