EngineeringUK ’ s releases annual impact survey of The Tomorrow ’ s Engineers Code
T he Code is a commitment to increase the number and diversity of young people entering engineering and technology careers .
The impact was assessed across 10 areas , and improvements were seen across all of them . There were six key areas that saw the greatest improvement :
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• 76 % agreed or strongly agreed that being a member of The Code has improved the way their organisation understands how its activities relate to other STEM outreach
• 61 % agreed or strongly agreed that being a member of The Code has improved how they collaborate with other organisations involved in STEM outreach
• 59 % agreed or strongly agreed that being a member of The Code has improved the way their organisation evaluates its STEM outreach activities
• 64 % agreed or strongly agreed that being a member of The Code has improved the way their organisation shares learnings , evaluation findings or resources with others
There has been an increase in activities that Signatories have done to meet the four pledges since last year . This includes areas that
have been historically lower such as collecting feedback outreach ( 81 % said they have done so this year , compared with 61 % last year ); and evaluating the impact of their STEM outreach ( 68 % have done so this year , compared with 54 % last year ); and sharing learnings from evaluation findings with other members of STEM community ( 42 % now compared with 29 % for the past two years ).
Half of businesses report an increase in state-sponsored cyberthreats amid rising geopolitical tension
H alf ( 47 %) of businesses reported an increase in the volume of statesponsored cyberthreats over the past year , amid rising geopolitical tension and NCSC warnings .
In recent months , the UK was subject to a Chinese-backed cyberattack against the tech supplier of the Ministry of Defence , exposing the personal information of up to 270,000 servicemen and women , as well as veterans , including names , addresses and bank account details .
The findings were revealed in Absolute Security ’ s United Kingdom Cyber Resilience Report 2024 , which surveyed 250 UK CISOs , via independent polling agency Censuswide .
Especially when it comes to ransomware , a staggering 69 % of CISOs expressed that the financial repercussions of a successful attack could cripple their organisation .
While 62 % are worried that they could lose their job if their organisation was hit by a major successful cyberattack .
Ransomware was considered to be the biggest threat to CISOs , with four out of five identifying ransomware as the most significant cyber concern their organisation faces today .
“ The volume and sophistication of cyberattacks will only continue to rise and it ’ s no surprise to see organisations feeling the effects of state-sponsored threats and ransomware attacks ,” said Andy Ward , VP International at Absolute Security . “ It ’ s no longer enough for security leaders to try and prevent attacks , they need to be able to respond and recover when successful breaches happen .”
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