http://www.zdnetasia.com/shrinking-brains-trust-risks-cyber-defence-62203650.htm By Darren Pauli ZDNet Australia October 13, 2010 Australia's cybersecurity capabilities may be at risk due to a lack of PhD-qualified professionals. Experts in the IT security sector say a nation's cyber capabilities are dependent on the skills of its professionals and students, notably specialist skills honed in post-graduate PhDs. But the percentage of Australian resident students in security-related PhDs has almost halved over the last 10 years. Resident students in Queensland University of Technology's IT security doctorates make up less than 10 per cent of total enrolments, a fall from about 50 per cent since the turn of the century. QUT's IT security doctorate program is the nation's largest. Professor Ed Dawson, senior advisor in the university's Information Security Institute, said that the decline means the government will find it harder to recruit skilled professionals and will face heightened competition in the job market from the private sector. [...] ___________________________________________________________ Tegatai Managed Colocation: Four Provider Blended Tier-1 Bandwidth, Fortinet Universal Threat Management, Natural Disaster Avoidance, Always-On Power Delivery Network, Cisco Switches, SAS 70 Type II Datacenter. Find peace of mind, Defend your Critical Infrastructure. http://www.tegataiphoenix.com/Received on Tue Oct 12 2010 - 23:35:59 PDT
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