Thursday 4 August 2016

Global cyber security skills shortage places contractors in higher demand

IT contractors with cyber security knowledge and experience are in extremely high demand at present, as 82 per cent of businesses around the world have reported a shortage of workers with these skills.

A new report from the Intel Security Group and the Center for Strategic and International Studies found that almost three-quarters (71 per cent) of global recruiters believe that their organisations are at greater risk of being the target of a cyber attack because they employ few or no experts in this area.

The research was based on the responses of business leaders from all over the world and found that the cyber security skills shortage is currently most prevalent in the UK, US, Mexico, Australia, Japan, France, Germany and Israel.

As a result, limited company contractors based in Britain could be set to see an increase in demand for access to their coveted cyber security expertise, both at home and overseas. For the full article click here 



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