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Crossword ’ s Trillion protects Spanish Public Administration against threat of digital identity and credentials misuse infrastructure . The head of the cybersecurity department at CCN contacted the Trillion operations team after its global offer of support to help protect digital identities within health services . In a matter of hours , the team at CCN was given access to Trillion , every health organisation across Spain was configured in the platform and breached credentials data was being fed back into the CERT .
Crossword Cybersecurity , a cybersecurity solutions company focused on cyberstrategy and risk , has announced the completion of a project to expand the scope of its services with CCN-CERT , the Information Security Incident Response Team ( CERT ) of the National Cryptologic Centre in Spain ( CCN ), which is accountable to the Spanish National Intelligence Centre . CCN-CERT has expanded its use of Crossword ’ s cloud-based breached account mining platform , Trillion , to protect its entire public administration , including its education sector . Trillion is Crossword ’ s breached account mining platform , which continuously tracks , correlates and analyses billions of stolen usernames and passwords .
Back in 2020 , during the height of the COVID-19 outbreak , CCN-CERT needed to act immediately to further enhance the security position of its national health
Protecting a whole public administration
After a period of successful operation across the health sector , CCN-CERT decided that a wider scope for Trillion would provide even greater visibility of digital identities , such as account usernames and passwords , that may have been leaked from third parties and shared for exploitation by criminals .
Tech skills challenge accelerated by pace of Digital Transformation in the UK , say IT leaders
The latest survey by Equinix , a digital infrastructure company , revealed that UK IT leaders have serious concerns about staff retention and recruitment .
According to the Equinix 2022 Global Tech Trends Survey , 67 % of IT decision-makers in the UK view a shortage of personnel with IT skills as one of the main threats to their business , compared to 62 % globally . Companies – including Equinix – are looking to widen the talent pool , bringing in more diverse candidates through alternative recruitment drives .
The 2,900 survey respondents acknowledged the speed at which the tech industry is transforming has left companies struggling to find people with the right skill sets to meet present and future challenges . In addition , 61 % of UK IT leaders acknowledged that the skills shortage has been exacerbated by the speed at which the tech industry is transforming .
Globally , the most common concerns identified by 44 % of respondents were candidates with the wrong skill sets applying for jobs and retention of current talent . In the UK , the results were slightly higher , with 45 % of IT leaders highlighting applicants ’ skill sets not matching vacancies , while 49 % felt retaining talent was an increasing challenge . In addition , half of UK respondents ( 50 %) said shifting expectations of employees towards hybrid and flexible working models had added further pressure .
Across the globe , the most in-demand tech employees are IT technicians ( 27 %), cloud computing specialists ( 26 %) and those with an AI / Machine Learning aptitude ( 26 %). p
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