UK companies turn to ex-hackers for security expertise

Almost half of UK businesses believe an industry skills shortage is affecting their ability to adopt data-driven security, a study has revealed.

Nearly all (97%) of those surveyed at SecureData’s annual customer event in London said data-driven security is a prerequisite for any modern cyber security strategy.

A third said they would look to ex-hackers form the black hat community to compensate for a lack of in-house skills. The survey also revealed that while 80% of organisations are responding to incidents in-house, only 8% feel they are equipped to produce contextual threat intelligence.