Young Australians learned about safe online behaviour earlier than their international peers and are more likely to consider a career in IT security, but few students have actually met an IT-security professional half are unaware of what the career actually involves, security-industry giant Raytheon has reported after conducting global research into the next generation of workers’ readiness to fill the yawning IT-security skills gap.
The company’s Securing Our Future: Closing the Cybersecurity Talent Gap report, conducted by Zogby Analytics and involving the US National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA), surveyed 3871 young adults in 12 countries, all aged 18 to 26, about their experiences with cybersecurity and their interest in pursuing a career in the area.
Some 29.1 percent of the Australian respondents said they would consider a career to make the Internet safer and more secure – ahead of the 27.8 percent who answered in the affirmative globally. These figures, however, represented a slide of 7.4 percent from last year’s levels – less of a decline than the 16.2 percent observed internationally.
Only 13.3 percent of surveyed Australians had ever met or spoken with a practicing cybersecurity professional (compared to 21.2 percent globally) and only 33.5 percent of Australian respondents were aware of the responsibilities and job tasks the position involved, compared with 39.2 percent globally. For the full article click here
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