KPMG scales down sponsorship of the Cyber Security Challenge because of a 'lack of credible candidates'

Sooraj Shah
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UK head of cyber security believes a better ROI would be to talk to university students

‘Big Four' professional services firm KPMG has scaled down its sponsorship of the Cyber Security Challenge (CSC) because of a lack of credible talent for the firm to recruit. In an interview wit...

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