Multi-million-pound commitment will empower everyone from recent graduates to career changers to IT professionals in the U.K. to begin a successful career in cybersecurity
LONDON, May 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — (ISC)² – the world’s largest nonprofit association of certified cybersecurity professionals – today announced it will help expand the U.K. cybersecurity workforce by offering free certification and education for 100,000 cybersecurity career pursuers through the new (ISC)2 entry-level cybersecurity certification. The 100K in the U.K. program represents a multi-year, multi-million-pound investment towards cybersecurity workforce skills development throughout the U.K.
There has never been a better or more urgent time to start a cybersecurity career. The U.K. is one of the largest cybersecurity career markets in Europe, with more than 300,000 active cybersecurity practitioners. However, it is also challenged by a cybersecurity workforce shortage of more than 33,000, with U.K. government figures stating that at least 17,500 new people need to enter the industry…
