BAE Detica to recruit 130 graduates and trainees to plug cyber security skills gap

BAE is hiring 600 staff in 2013, with 293 of the positions to be filled by graduates and trainees

BAE Systems' cyber and security business arm Detica is to recruit 130 people in 2013, as it aims to help plug a cyber-security skills gap in the UK.

The 130 new roles will be filled by graduates and trainees, who will join 2,600 existing staff at Detica. The move is part of BAE's drive to hire 600 people this year, with 293 of those positions to be taken up by graduates and trainees, and 130 of the graduates to be based in the UK.

The National Audit Office had warned that the UK's critical infrastructure is open to cyber-attacks because of a lack of experts able to thwart threats. Meanwhile, the Institute of Engineering and Technology's cyber expert, Hugh Boyes, recently told Computing that the need to teach engineers cyber security skills is vital in order to protect the UK's critical national infrastructure.

"Our growth reflects a huge demand for technologies which defend against cyber attacks, combat fraud and help businesses effectively manage the sometimes overwhelming amounts of data available to them," said Detica's managing director, Martin Sutherland.

"We are recruiting IT, engineering, maths and physics graduates and offer an excellent training and development programme giving our recruits the chance to work on some of the most exciting and cutting-edge IT challenges in the world," he added.

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