Government seeks network security specialists

The Department of Trade & Industry’s Technology Strategy Board is looking for network security technologists and project managers to help make its plans for improved network security in the UK a reality.

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Founded three years ago, the board is in charge of the government’s 10-year plan to make the UK a technology leader, and the Network Security Innovation Platform is one of its key programmes.

The job specs require technologists and project managers – especially those with chartered status or formal scientific qualifications – with “expert technical knowledge and the ability to develop key stakeholder relationships in the network security industry”.

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