Companies must deal with the growing problem of the security skills gap

Tom Allen
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The rate of technology change is accelerating, but people are struggling to learn new skills fast enough to keep up

In the fast-moving world of IT, it is easy for the pace of technology change to exceed the rate at which staff can learn new skills, even among senior figures. This is particularly noticeable in th...

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