An understanding of legal or compliance issues was the most valuable cyber security related skill for charities, all businesses, and large business in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2018. High-level technical skills were ranked as the least important, with just 13 percent of large businesses ranking such skills as being important.
Cyber security skills most important to organizations in the United Kingdom (UK) 2018, by organization type
(in percentage)
*Based on 470 charities, 1,030 UK businesses excluding agriculture, forestry and fishing businesses, and 110 large businesses with 250 staff or more.
**Basic technical skills defined in the survey as including areas like: setting up firewalls, choosing secure settings for devices or software, controlling who has access, setting up anti-virus protection, and keeping software up to date.
***High-level technical skills defined in the survey as including areas like: security engineering, penetration testing, using threat intelligence tools, forensic analysis, interpreting malicious code, or using tools to monitor user activity.
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Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (UK). (December 21, 2018). Cyber security skills most important to organizations in the United Kingdom (UK) 2018, by organization type (in percentage) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 10, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1042078/cyber-security-most-important-skills/
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (UK). "Cyber security skills most important to organizations in the United Kingdom (UK) 2018, by organization type (in percentage)." Chart. December 21, 2018. Statista. Accessed August 10, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1042078/cyber-security-most-important-skills/
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (UK). (2018). Cyber security skills most important to organizations in the United Kingdom (UK) 2018, by organization type (in percentage). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 10, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1042078/cyber-security-most-important-skills/
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (UK). "Cyber Security Skills Most Important to Organizations in The United Kingdom (Uk) 2018, by Organization Type (in Percentage)." Statista, Statista Inc., 21 Dec 2018, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1042078/cyber-security-most-important-skills/
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (UK), Cyber security skills most important to organizations in the United Kingdom (UK) 2018, by organization type (in percentage) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1042078/cyber-security-most-important-skills/ (last visited August 10, 2022)
