Decrypting Diversity 2020 is a joint report between the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) and KPMG UK, supported by Professor Nick Jennings, Vice-Provost (Research and Enterprise) of Imperial College London. It is the first in an annual series that will benchmark and track levels of diversity and inclusion in the cyber security industry.
The report’s aim is to help drive a more diverse and inclusive culture in the UK cyber security industry. It provides valuable information that we hope will catalyse organisations to challenge their assumptions and take evidencebased actions. To compile this data the report draws on a survey of 1,252 cyber security professionals, designed to understand diversity in the industry and experiences of inclusion and discrimination in places of work or study.
Digital systems are a part of our critical national infrastructure, and keeping them secure and resilient is more vital than ever. Improving diversity and inclusion will be crucial to the cyber security industry’s ability to address its welldocumented skills gap. We expect this report, and those that follow it, to have a positive impact on that process.