8/20/2010 4:46:05 PM
IT Security news: Britain's Got (Cyber) Talent
The UK is set to recruit cyber security gurus via a number of
public competitions.
The 'Cyber Security Challenge' will be backed by a number of
commercial, academic and public sector organisations, and is
similar to those run in the US in 2009. The challenge is being
designed by industry experts using bleeding edge technology in
order to test cyber IT security skills and identify the best
talent.
Judy Baker, Director of the Cyber Security Challenge UK, said
that an Infosecurity Europe 2010 survey highlighted a skills gap
within the IT security profession. Meanwhile SANS* Institute
research discovered that 90% of polled organisations found it
difficult to hire IT Security professionals, particularly within
strategy, policy guidance, risk management, incident response and
threat management.
The preliminary rounds of the Cyber Security Challenge
competition will be online and test network defence, forensics and
coding weakness skills. The next round will involve face-to-face
challenges to test an applicant's interpersonal skills.
ARM is keenly aware of the skills gap. Our IT Security
recruitment team has over a decade of experience in this market
and is continually networking to pool skilled resources.
*SysAdmin, Audit, Network, Security