Working in the Cyber Security Sector

  Hoping to get a career in cyber security but don't know where to start? We asked Jim Wheeler, the Director of Operations at PGI Cyber some questions about what a job in the sector entails. 1. What are the major cyber threats that organisations face, how serious and how widespread? Information security is still a growing industry, as many organisations - both big and small, are still in the process of establishing security policies and procedures, implementing security controls and training staff to recognize security threats. In today's world, 'Hacking' and 'Cyber' are both words that conjure images of movie-like sci-fi: perhaps a darkened room filled with monitors and poorly dressed young adults who rarely expose themselves to the sun. Every user in an organisation is individually responsible for changing passwords, removing sensitive documents from their workspace at the end of the day and verifying the identity of visitors....