UK Cyber Security Council licenses CREST to award professional titles.
The UK Cyber Security Council has awarded Licensed Body status to CREST to enable it to award professional titles for security testing.
Providing an additional opportunity for cyber professionals to attain Chartered and Principal professional titles for security testing, the announcement coincides with the government’s plan to embed the Council’s standards across its cyber workforce by 2025.
Nick Benson, CREST Chief Executive Officer, said: “Supporting the professionalisation of the cyber workforce globally is a high priority for CREST. We see real momentum by national authorities in numerous countries to tackle this as a key building block for sector maturity, growth, effective cross-border work and the free movement of talent.”
Dr. Claudia Natanson MBE, UK Cyber Security Council Acting CEO, said: “CREST is joining the Council in delivering a ground-breaking program, the first of its kind worldwide for the cyber security profession, and we look forward to our ongoing collaboration.”
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Dan Raywood is a B2B journalist with 25 years of experience, including covering cybersecurity for the past 17 years. He has extensively covered topics from Advanced Persistent Threats and nation-state hackers to major data breaches and regulatory changes.
He has spoken at events including 44CON, Infosecurity Europe, RANT Forum, BSides Scotland, Steelcon and the National Cyber Security Show, and served as editor of SC Media UK, Infosecurity Magazine and IT Security Guru. He was also an analyst with 451 Research and a product marketing lead at Tenable.
