Do you need to be technical for a fulfilling career in cyber?
By Sean McCormack, Operations Director for The Cyber Scheme 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 education and career pathway. I have never been like that, and so at the age of 52 and 28 years into […]
Understanding the core technical knowledge for CSTM
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 our website, below highlights the key knowledge areas that need to be understood in order to pass your CSTM exam. The Cyber Scheme‘s CSTM training maps the CSTM syllabus and will give […]
Why can’t we help people get into cyber?
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, career transitioners, recruitment specialists and of course aspiring pen testers. I did a talk about how we need to increase the number of junior pen testers coming through into entry […]
What can the cyber industry do to be more inclusive of neurodiverse people in the workplace?
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 a more neurodiverse friendly working atmosphere. The term neurodiverse is used to describe people whose brains function differently than is defined as ‘normal’ by society’s standards or neurotypical. A wide […]
First Impressions of the Cyber Security Industry
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 back room – usually a faceless man in a hoodie, and binary code or occasionally padlocks and broken laptops. After starting a role within this industry, it became clear that […]
How The Cyber Scheme rose to the challenge
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 has just turned 9 years old, and yet it’s amazing that in the last 18 months we have established ourselves as a competent and reliable provider, not just to NCSC, […]
Failure is an option…
“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 Scheme, gives some valuable insights into how to pass an exam with us. I have an amazing, very rewarding and somewhat unusual profession. I get to watch people who treat […]
Why the cybersecurity skills gap is a threat to business – and what to do about it
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 isn’t keeping up. The Cyber Scheme is one of only two organisations accredited by the NCSC to offer Government-standard penetration testing examinations – and therefore right at the coalface of […]
Build a Better Hacker
By Paul Richards, Head Of Training & Assessment, The Cyber Scheme Becoming an ethical hacker or penetration tester at practitioner level takes between three and twelve months, with gifted and talented or people already in a similar role having a head start. The candidate should never stop learning but there comes a point where they […]
Want to become a pen tester? The Cyber Scheme is here to help
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