businessinfomag.uk magazine 06 such as Cyber Security Analysts and Penetration Testers, come with annual salaries of £50,000-£70,000 (in London), a recent posting for a Cyber Security Adviser at the Ministry of Defence listed an annual salary of £36,530. The same pay gap is evident in senior positions, such as Security Managers and Cyber Security Architects. While such roles in the private sector come with salaries of £80,000 to £120,000+, a position of Head of Cyber Governance, Risk and Compliance in the public sector was recently advertised with a salary of £67,820. Naoris Protocol warns that this is creating significant gaps in cyber resilience, citing the National Audit Office’s Government Cyber Resilience report, which states that one in three cyber security roles in government are either vacant or filled by temporary staff. David Carvalho, CEO & Founder of Naoris Protocol, said: “The risks to UK national security from cybercrime are real and the potential costs and damage to critical national infrastructure are staggering. Competitive pay is essential to attract and retain the skilled people needed to combat evolving cyber threats.” www.naorisprotocol.com … IT leaders back stronger email security measures Almost nine out of 10 IT decisionmakers (87%) support extending email authentication measures to further reduce phishing and spam risks, one year after Google and Yahoo mandated email authentication measures for bulk senders. A survey of 1,000 IT decisionmakers by email security platform EasyDMARC highlights the impetus the tech giants’ mandates have given to the DMARC email authentication protocol, which has now been adopted by 45% of organisations surveyed, up from 37% a year ago. Of those who have implemented new email security measures in the past 12 months, 77% said Google and Yahoo’s policies directly or indirectly influenced their decision to adopt DMARC. https://easydmarc.com of Gen AI as a top five factor when selecting or building Gen AI models, even though more than half recognise that including sustainability as a key criterion in vendor selection for Generative AIrelated requirements would reduce its environmental footprint. As more than three quarters of organisations currently use only pre-trained models and just 4% build their own models from scratch, executives are heavily reliant on technology partners when it comes to addressing the environmental footprint of Gen AI. Nearly three quarters find it challenging to measure the technology’s footprint due to limited transparency from providers and the lack of a standard methodology. The report advises businesses to conduct a thorough assessment of the financial ROI and environmental footprint of Gen AI projects before launch, including whether they could get a similar result from a less energy-intensive technology; and to implement sustainable practices throughout AI’s lifecycle, including hardware, model architecture, energy sources for data centres and sustainable usage policies. www.capgemini.com/insights/ research-library/sustainable-gen-ai … Public sector pay gap a risk to UK cybersecurity A significant pay gap between private sector and UK government cybersecurity roles is jeopardising national security by hindering the public sector’s ability to attract and retain top talent, warns cyber security company Naoris Protocol. Its analysis shows that while mid-level roles in the private sector, Capgemini urges businesses to address environmental impact of Gen AI Capgemini is calling on businesses to design responsible and sustainable generative AI strategies, following the publication of a new report highlighting the growing environmental impact of Generative AI. The Capgemini Research Institute report Developing sustainable Gen AI warns that sustainability reporting has not kept pace with the rapid adoption of Gen AI, with the proportion of organisations integrating Gen AI across their business rising from 6% at the end of 2023 to 24% by October 2024. Despite greater adoption, only 12% of executives that use Gen AI say their organisation measures its environmental footprint. Those that do expect the share of Gen AI-driven emissions as a proportion of total organisational carbon emissions to rise from 2.6% to 4.8% over the next two years. Capgemini warns that while 31% of organisations have taken steps to incorporate sustainability measures into the Gen AI lifecycle, for example by using smaller models and powering Gen AI infrastructure with renewable energy, sustainability remains a low priority when assessing the merits of different Gen AI models, compared to other criteria such as performance, scalability and cost. Only one fifth of executives rank the environmental footprint BULLETIN Approval granted for £250m Salford data centre Salford City Council has approved plans for a £250m data centre at Peel Waters’ six-acre industrial site, Halo West, in Salford, Greater Manchester. Located between Eccles and Irlam, off Liverpool Road, just north of Salford Community Stadium, the approved data centre features 12,000 sq. ft of offices, a 56,000 sq. ft data hall and 63,500 sq. ft of plant. The £250m investment from Digital Land & Development is expected to be a significant catalyst for the regeneration of the ‘City Gateway’ area including Port Salford and the Salford Community Stadium.
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