When Colin Lobley worked as a general manager of HPE Security Services of EMEA, he could see the pain that companies were having in hiring and retaining talent in IT security, and it is for this reason, that after a stint at managed security services company DXC Technology, he was drawn to Cyber Security Challenge UK (CSC UK).
The Challenge is a series of national events designed to encourage talented professionals to join the UK IT security industry in the middle of what is deemed by many to be a cyber security skills crisis. The government backs the challenge, while private sector companies sponsor it.
“The reason I moved to the organisation is to address the cyber skills gap – we do that through the competitions and by raising awareness of the industry and of career paths in cyber, encouraging people to take part in the right education and career paths,” says Lobley, who joined CSC UK as CEO in January.
While Lobley says that the organisation tracks people through the competitions it hosts, and has been successful at getting people into cyber, the CSC UK has struggled to prove its performance over the years.
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