The UK's Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) is struggling to retain expert cybersecurity staff, who are being lured to the private sector by tech companies that pay up to five times more, according to an annual report from the Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament. “As noted previously, the level of resource allocated by government to cyber-related activities has increased considerably, and it is set to do so still further over the next five years,” the report stated. A GCHQ spokesperson told Motherboard in a statement that it was "committed to retaining our best talent for this critical role."
The UK's Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) is struggling to retain expert cybersecurity staff, who are being lured to the private sector by tech companies that pay up to five times more, according to an annual report from the Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament. A GCHQ spokesperson told Motherboard in a statement that it was "committed to retaining our best talent for this critical role."