UK desperately short of skills needed to combat cyber threats

Danny Palmer
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NAO review suggests it could take up to 20 years to build up the necessary expertise

The UK's critical infrastructure is open to cyber-attacks because of a lack of experts able to thwart threats, warns a report by the National Audit Office (NAO). The NAO, which scrutinises publi...

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