Cyber sector urged to act to address shortage of skills in UK
CYBERCRIME is never far from the headlines in our digital world as hackers and scammers dream up increasingly inventive ways to part us from our money. Neither is Scotland’s fine pedigree in the field long out of the public gaze – just last week Glasgow-based Vistalworks was chosen to be part of the National Cyber Security Centre’s “Cyber Accelerator” scheme, which encourages new products, skills and growth to help make the country safer to live in and work online. Across the UK last year £190 billion was lost to cybercrime from a global figure of $2.2 trillion (£1.68tr), bu...