Most important cyber security skills in the United Kingdom (UK) 2018

Published by Kimberly Mlitz, Jan 22, 2021

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)

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Release date

December 2018

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Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

12 June 2018 to 6 August 2018

Number of respondents

1,610*

Supplementary notes

*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.