{"id":880,"date":"2022-06-14T06:42:44","date_gmt":"2022-06-14T05:42:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/articles.acdev.co.uk\/articles\/?p=880"},"modified":"2024-07-23T11:22:02","modified_gmt":"2024-07-23T10:22:02","slug":"cyber-security-jobs-why-are-more-firms-recruiting-hackers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.agencycentral.co.uk\/articles\/cyber-security-jobs-why-are-more-firms-recruiting-hackers\/","title":{"rendered":"Cyber security jobs: why are more firms recruiting hackers?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Tell me, what do you think about when you read ‘cyber security’<\/strong>?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dark clothed anarchists hunched over laptops? Matrix digital rain? Annoying antivirus updates?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These are just the tip of the cyber security iceberg, a sector that has picked up significant momentum over the last decade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of course, this has been matched by recruitment growth<\/strong>, with employers increasing their hiring efforts in an attempt to protect themselves from system attacks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But just what exactly is cyber security<\/strong> and what is the current state of <\/strong>recruitment<\/strong> in the information security and IT sector<\/a>?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The cyber security sector: an overview<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Cyber security is a fairly new industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While \u2018cyber\u2019 itself has been used as a prefix for more than 50 years, \u2018cyber security\u2019 wasn\u2019t coined until 1989.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Still, the term didn\u2019t really enter popular lexicon until the mid-noughties, but even then was more associated with the military or spy novels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Times have changed though and the acceleration in internet connectivity<\/strong> has brought cyber security to the forefront of modern business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Employers are increasingly becoming aware of the dangers that a connected world can bring and are turning to recruitment<\/strong> to counteract the problem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is the cyber security sector?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The cyber security sector is concerned with protecting computers (and networks) from damage or unauthorised access. It is a growing field of work that has established a significant presence in response to the rising number of internet-connected devices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s thought that the UK cyber security sector employs around 100,000 people<\/a> and is worth more than \u00a322 billion to the economy – increasing at roughly 10% year-on-year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This mirrors a trend that has seen the worldwide market increase by \u00a3133 billion since 2004.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Job roles can range from risk analysis to information security, but all are ultimately geared towards safeguarding businesses from cyber attacks<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is a cyber attack?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A cyber attack is exactly as it sounds. It is an attempt to damage, compromise or infiltrate a computer system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cyber attacks can be used to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n