Addressing the cyber-skills gap requires a variety of career pathways and greater collaboration between governments, academia and industry, according to experts speaking during a webinar entitled Closing The Cyber Skills Gap: Can We Make a Difference? This session involved security vendor Palo Alto Networks and academics, government members and security experts from Scotland, and took place during CyberScotland week.
First and foremost, a strong cybersecurity awareness and culture throughout society needs to be built. This includes making cybersecurity exciting and interesting to children even at primary school age, teaching them basic behaviors to stay safe using digital technology, and later on, engraining it into non-technical subjects at college. Anna Chung, threat intelligence analyst, Palo Alto Networks, who came into cybersecurity from a non-technical background herself, explained: “The best way is to teach the younger generations how to protect themselves, because cyberse
The Scottish Government has published a strategic framework for cyber resilience that includes a ‘secure by design’ approach and a strong role for domestic companies in protecting the public sector.
It comes with the setting up of the new CyberScotland Partnership to provide more clarity on best practice in cyber security.
The Cyber Resilient Scotland framework is built on the country’s first strategy and focuses on four outcomes: that people recognise and are well prepared for cyber risks; that businesses and organisations are also well prepared; that digital public services are secure and cyber resilient; and that national cyber incident response arrangements are effective.
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Hannah McDonald, Modern Apprentice of the Year SCQF Level 5 finalist, Food and Drink Operations, Diageo.
To avoid a ‘lost generation’, the new Young Person’s Guarantee aims to ensure all young Scots get the chance to succeed through an apprenticeship, training, further education or volunteering, writes Sandy Begbie, CEO at Scottish Financial Enterprise HAVING the opportunity to fulfil your potential as you grow up and enter adulthood is something that can easily be taken for granted. The ability to develop new skills, learn from your experiences, and to have a choice about the path you want to follow is something that should be available to everybody.
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