Plugging the cyber-security skills gap
Tracey Caldwell · Computer Fraud & Security · 2013
It could take up to 20 years to address the cyber-security skills gap, according to a National Audit Office (NAO) report published in February 2013. 1 This has translated into a dangerous dearth of skills in organisations. It could take up to 20 years to address the cyber-security skills gap, according to a National Audit Office (NAO) report published in February 2013. This has already translated into a dangerous dearth of skills in organisations. To make matters worse, there's a very low number of women and people in their 20s employed in the sector. Tracey Caldwell identifies where the shortages lie and how that is affecting organisations, and surveys a number of initiatives that are underway to plug the skills gaps.