UK firms need to rethink incentives to attract and retain people with cyber security skills, according to the findings of a recent global study.
UK businesses are currently the least likely to offer incentives to cyber security staff to reward them for their performance and efforts, a global report reveals.
Some 42% of UK organisations – the highest proportion globally – do not have incentives for information security professionals, according to the report by Intel Security and the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS).
The report, which polled 800 infosec pros, examines the difference between the incentives available to IT professionals who defend against cyber attacks compared with the incentives for attackers.
The report suggests UK businesses can learn more from the incentives on offer to attackers, and can use this knowledge to attract, motivate and retain information security professionals more effectively.
