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UK needs cyber security professionals, but won't pay up (www.theregister.com)

submitted 4 weeks ago by thehatfox@lemmy.world to c/unitedkingdom@feddit.uk

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[–] blackn1ght@feddit.uk 6 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

A part of me thinks it's low on purpose so the only candidates that apply are doing it for ideological reasons, and aren't motivated by money (thus opening them up to risk of being bought by a foreign agency). Who knows, maybe it would be revealed their salary would quadruple after they get the job.

But the likelihood is that their budgets are low and can't compete with the private sector.

[–] Streetlights@lemmy.world 13 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (1 children)

People on low salaries are exactly the sort of people who would be vulnerable to being bribed by foreign adversaries.

[–] blackn1ght@feddit.uk 4 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Yeah I realise that, that's why I thought about maybe the advertised salary might not necessarily be the truth and they do get decent compensation to reduce the chance of them getting compromised due to financial reasons.

[–] cook_pass_babtridge@feddit.uk 5 points 4 weeks ago

Or, if they're a foreign agent being paid by another state, they'll be at the front of the queue of applicants because they don't mind the uncompetitive pay.

[–] Whelks_chance@lemmy.world 1 points 4 weeks ago

I was thinking the same. This will attract people who are essentially independently wealthy, and so don't actually need this income. Which adds a nice classism based barrier to entry too.