http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/internet-security/11011249/Poorly-trained-IT-workers-are-gateway-for-hackers.html
By Matthew Sparkes
Deputy Head of Technology
The Telegraph
06 Aug 2014
UK universities are failing to teach enough computer security skills and
are churning out IT graduates who present a “risk to their own
organisation”, according to a senior NHS IT manager.
Derrick Bates, senior information security officer at North Cumbria
University Hospitals NHS Trust, said: “Some of today’s graduates may have
an abstract knowledge of info security, but how many of them could spot a
dodgy attachment, run a penetration test or crack a code?
"What is the point in universities turning out great software developers
and web designers if they have no idea how to design them securely? It is
like building a house without locks."
He warned that “under-skilled” IT staff can be a “gateway for hackers to
get into the rest of the organisation”.
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