The growing importance of cyber security skills to prevent catastrophic cyber attack

PARIS – Cyber crime costs the United Kingdom several billion pounds per year. A recent government report showed that 46 percent of all businesses identified at least one cyber attack in the last year, with 74 percent of directors regarding cyber security as a high priority issue. Forbes reports. Continue reading original article

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28 Nov. 2018 -- Despite this level of priority, organizations struggle to attract the talent and cyber skills they need to keep up with the constant arms race they face with hackers and other cyber criminals. The Czech Republic may not be the first place you think of when it comes to finding these skills.

After all, a recent report from the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in Paris highlighted the relatively low levels of digital sophistication in the country, whilst a McKinsey report highlights the challenges this represents for the country, with productivity at 60 percent of the levels of peers in western Europe.

Despite this, the country is nonetheless at the forefront of the cyber security industry, with a Czech team victorious in a global cyber security war game challenge hosted at NATO’s Cooperative Cyber Defense Center of Excellence (CCD CoE) in Tallinn, Estonia last year.

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John Keller, chief editor
Military & Aerospace Electronics

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