http://www.computing.co.uk/ctg/news/2323357/cyber-security-challenge-ceo-hits-back-at-kpmg-s-lack-of-credible-candidates-claim
By Sooraj Shah
Computing
16 Jan 2014
The CEO of the Cyber Security Challenge, Stephanie Daman, has hit back at
claims that the series of national events designed to encourage talented
professionals to join the UK IT security sector has failed to attract
suitable candidates.
KPMG's UK head of cyber security, Martin Jordan, said that the ‘Big Four'
professional services firm had to scale down its sponsorship of the
challenge because of a lack of credible talent for the firm to recruit.
"We've drawn down our involvement this year, sadly we didn't see the CVs
coming through and the sponsorship is quite expensive - we are a
business," he said.
Stephen Bonner, a partner in the information protection side of KPMG, said
that the challenge did not appropriately reflect what a role in cyber
security entails, but said that it had worked in growing awareness of
cyber security as a profession. He also sympathised with the event
organisers, suggesting that it is not the role of CSC to be a recruitment
agency.
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