Security News > 2020 > July > No wonder Brit universities report hacks so often: Half of staff have had zero infosec training, apparently
Nearly half of British university staff say they have received no cybersecurity training, according to a recent survey.
46 per cent of staff received no training at all, while one Russell Group uni said that just 12 per cent of its staff had received "Any" training in infosec matters.
"The fact that such a large number of universities don't deliver cybersecurity training to staff and students, nor commission independent penetration testing, is concerning," said Redscan chief techie Mark Nicholls.
Making up for the lack of widespread security training was the level of dedicated infosec staff employed by universities, which stood at a grand averaged total of three qualified people.
Those three people were at least supported by the 51 per cent of universities that said they did provide some cybersecurity training to their students.