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Articles from The Cyber Scheme

We write regularly on issues that matter to our industry – from filling the talent pipeline to improving diversity and giving technical advice on our exams. Please contact us if you would like to write a guest blog for The Cyber Scheme.

Your IoT Devices Are a Cybersecurity Weak Link

19 January 2023 No Comments

Guest blog by Zac Amos, cyber security features writer Internet of Things (IoT) technology has become indispensable in today’s business world. These technologies include devices,

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Understanding the CSTM Syllabus: Networking

12 January 2023 No Comments

This article highlights the key areas of networking you need to understand to pass the CSTM exam. Our full syllabus can be found on our website showing

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Why Are There Less Women In Cyber Security?

9 January 2023 No Comments

In 2021 a joint study between the NCSC and KPMG found that women account for only 36% of the cyber security work force in the UK. This is an improvement on the figure from 2020, with the same report finding that women accounted for 31% of the cyber security workforce in the UK.

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Why Are There Less Women In Cyber Security?

5 January 2023 No Comments

In 2021 a joint study between the NCSC and KPMG found that women account for only 36% of the cyber security work force in the

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Understanding CSTM Web Technologies

29 December 2022 No Comments

This article highlights the key areas of web technologies you need to understand to pass the CSTM exam. Our full syllabus can be found on

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How Can the Cyber Security Industry Beat Burnout?

22 December 2022 No Comments

When it comes to penetration testers, we often talk about the gap in the market; that we need more people entering the industry whether that’s

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Understanding CSTM Web Technologies

19 December 2022 No Comments

This article highlights the key areas of web technologies you need to understand to pass the CSTM exam. Our full syllabus can be found on our website showing all key areas of knowledge for CSTM. The Cyber Scheme‘s CSTM training maps the CSTM syllabus and will give you the confidence to sit our NCSC-accredited exam knowing the topics and knowledge domains that are likely to come up.

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Do you need to be technical for a fulfilling career in cyber?

15 December 2022 No Comments

I’ve always admired people who knew exactly what they wanted to do, who followed a very specific and well defined and often well thought through

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Understanding the core technical knowledge for CSTM

8 December 2022 No Comments

There are core areas of technical knowledge that need to be understood ready to pass your CSTM exam. Our full syllabus can be found on

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Why can’t we help people get into cyber?

1 December 2022 No Comments

I attended the Cyber Pathways event in London on behalf of The Cyber Scheme recently – Emily Kinsella and I spent the day talking to recent graduates,

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What can the cyber industry do to be more inclusive of neurodiverse people in the workplace?

24 November 2022 No Comments

In the ever-expanding world of cyber it is important to accommodate those joining the industry, as such there are changes you can make to create

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First Impressions of the Cyber Security Industry

17 November 2022 No Comments

When someone brings up the topic of the cyber security industry there is a clear image that springs to mind: the stereotypical hacker in a

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How The Cyber Scheme rose to the challenge

27 October 2022 No Comments

Charles White, managing director of The Cyber Scheme’s thoughts on why The Cyber Scheme needed to step up. Few will know that The Cyber Scheme

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Failure is an option…

20 October 2022 No Comments

“Thank you for taking your assessment with the Cyber Scheme. Unfortunately, you haven’t been successful on this occasion” Paul Richards, Lead Assessor for the Cyber

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Why the cybersecurity skills gap is a threat to business – and what to do about it

13 October 2022 No Comments

By Debi McCormack, Sales and Marketing Director, The Cyber Scheme The demand for cybersecurity skills is on the rise in all sectors, but the supply

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Build a Better Hacker

6 October 2022 No Comments

By Paul Richards, Head Of Training & Assessment, The Cyber Scheme Becoming an ethical hacker or penetration tester at practitioner level takes between three and

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Want to become a pen tester? The Cyber Scheme is here to help

29 September 2022 No Comments

Our Marketing Director Debi McCormack has been talking to Shona Wright of TechSpark UK about the challenges and initiatives around building a career in ethical hacking. Read the article here

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Career pathways for pen testers and ethical hackers

15 September 2022 No Comments

What is commonly known as the cyber security ‘career pathway’ isn’t a pathway at all – it’s currently a bit of a meandering mess through impenetrable standards,

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Joint collaboration between APMG and The Cyber Scheme

1 September 2022 No Comments

Press Release July 14 2022 JOINT COLLABORATION: APM GROUP  (APMG) AND THE CYBER SCHEME are working together to create exams and accreditation programmes in the

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CSTM and CSTL syllabus – what do I need to know?

18 August 2022 No Comments

It’s acknowledged amongst candidates wishing to obtain a Check accreditation with The Cyber Scheme that this exam isn’t easy. In fact, on any given day

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New Sponsor – AMR CyberSecurity

4 August 2022 No Comments

We’re happy to announce we have another new Sponsor on board – welcome to AMR CyberSecurity. Martin Walsham, Principal Consultant at AMR CyberSecurity, states, “AMR is proud

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CyberLive 2022

21 July 2022 No Comments

As media partners of Cyber LIVE 2022, a virtual and real world cyber security conference, we are happy to share the news that tickets and sponsorship

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Partnership announcement

7 July 2022 No Comments

Plans are at an advanced stage to unify The Cyber Scheme with innovative not-for-profit partners, within the framework of a charitable trust status which will operate to

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Respect in Security

30 June 2022 No Comments

Did you know 1/3 of cybersecurity professionals have had personal experience of harassment online? Sign the ‘Respect In Security’ Pledge – we did, committing to

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