Primary Data Collection from 2011/2012.
1. If you wish to remain anonymous then please continue to next question. Having the below information will enhance the quality of the research. Answers are used for academic purpose only. No individuals or organizations will be quoted directly at any time.
2. Please select the option that best describes you :
Manager, Senior/Expert Level Employee, Employee (Not any of the above), Stakeholder, Non Profit Volunteer, Student, Graduate
3. How long have you been in your current role ?
Up to 1 year, Up to 2 years, Up to 3 years, Up to 5 years, Up to 10 years, Up to 15 years, Up to 20 years, Up to 25 years plus
4. What best describes your organisation or the team you are in ?
Academic Institute, Private Company, Public Company, Other (please specify)
5. In addition to your Security Job, are you an active member of any IT non profit organisation ? If so, how valuable is this for your role ?
6. How valuable are Non profit organisations like the IET or BSC to your career?
7. Do you hold any Technology academic Qualifications ( Like BSc, BEng, Msc in IT, Computer Science or Engineering) ?
8. Does your academics have any form of specialisation related to IT Security, such as Information Security ?
9. Do you hold a CISSP Qualification ?
10. How many years of specific IT Security/Cyber Forensics experience do you have ?
11. What percentage of your staff/team have security related academic qualifications ?
12. What percentage of your Security Staff/Team have no qualifications and only competency based experience ?
13. What percentage of your staff/team have Commercial security qualifications e.g. CISSP ?
14. Generally speaking, how valuable are academic qualifications compared to Commercial qualifications ?
15. In your opinion how valuable are IT Security academic qualifications compared to Commercial IT Security qualifications ?
16. Do commercial qualifications devalue academic ones?
17. Within IT in general, how valuable is competency experience over commercial qualifications ?
18. In terms of employee retention, without qualifications how valuable is a team member within a Security focused role?
19. In terms of employee retention, with qualifications, how valuable is a team member within a Security focused role.
20. Does your organisation have internal training programs that promote Security Skills, Knowledge and growth of Competencies.
21. In terms of recruitment and selection, how valuable and effective are job adverts that specify Security competency skills over security qualifications (any academic or other) ?
22. If your team had only Commercial security qualifications, how valuable would the Security role be in the marketplace ?
23. Compared to external certified qualifications, how valuable are internal training programs that promote Security Skills, Knowledge and growth of Competencies.
24. If your team had no qualifications and only competency based experience, how valuable would the Security role in the marketplace?
25. If your team had only security related academic qualifications, rather then Commercial Qualifications, how valuable would the Security role be in the marketplace ?
26. Within IT Security, how valuable would a 5 to 7 year chartered program be that allows employee and employer recognition of internal job activities to the external market place?
27. How valuable would a Security Chartered program be in the markplace that academic and non academic persons can aspire to ?
28. How valuable are Security Chartered programs for graduates to enter IT Security industry in terms of providing 'motivational' value? (Allowing persons to receive marketplace acknowledgement to the same gravitas as other commercial equivalent)
29. How valuable is a Charter ship program that promotes a mixture of competencies and qualifications in the overall profile of a Security employee ?
30. If you work at C Grade/senior or higher how valuable is external recognition over internal recognition to promote long terms employee sustainability and value to the organisation ?
31. If you work at C Grade/Senior or higher how valuable is the organisational commitment for return on investment for employees against long term company goals
32. Are their enough credible Security Chartered programs in the UK for professionals to use ?
To remain quantifiable in analysis, most questions above had the options below to select an answer from :
Very Valuable Its okay Fairly Valuable Not valuable at all N/A