Training and certification standards to be adopted by next year.
The UK Government is to embed UK Cyber Security Council standards across its cyber workforce by 2025.
In an effort to “strengthen its approach to cyber skills”, a statement from the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology said UK government will use UK Cyber Security Council professional standards and titles to maintain a clear and consistent career framework. This will include:
- Mapping its Government Security Career Framework to Council professional titles and specialisms by 2025. This will provide certainty around the skills and competencies required by each professional role and show clear pathways into and across cyber security within government.
- Map government cybersecurity training programmes to Council standards.
- Support government staff to achieve professional recognition and encourage senior government cyber professionals to become assessors to use their professional recognition to give back to the professional community.
- Support cyber security specialists at the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) to gain Council recognition and using the Council standards to define the skills industry will need to deliver NCSC-recognised services.
- Allow buyers of cyber security services in government to request that staff servicing contracts hold Council titles.
Written by
Dan Raywood
Senior Editor
SC Media UK
Dan Raywood is a B2B journalist with more than 20 years of experience, including covering cybersecurity for the past 16 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 Conference, BSides Scotland, Steelcon and ESET Security Days.
Outside work, Dan enjoys supporting Tottenham Hotspur, managing mischievous cats, and sampling craft beers.
