We approached representatives of technical universities with the question: What should the future of IT and cybersecurity education look like? Will we see a success story or wasted years?
The next few years are a huge test for businesses across Europe. Not only for large corporations, but also for small and medium-sized enterprises. Some companies with between 5 and 100 employees have had to undergo extensive measures or temporarily cease operations. According to the Slovak Business Agency, their share of total employment in the Slovak Republic was 74.2 per cent in 2020. The survivors were mainly those who changed their strategy and looked for new ways to do business.
In Slovakia, there is open talk of a human resources crisis. And it concerns not only the health and teaching sector, but also the informatics and digital skills sector. Up to 54 percent of university graduates do not work in their field of study after graduation. Up to 68 per cent of vocational secondary school graduates do not continue with their chosen studies. Companies have long perceived that finding skilled workers is a difficult task.
Cyber attacks are on the rise, but there are more security specialists than saffron. All responsible companies and institutions, aware of the devastating consequences, are drawing attention to this fact. The IT, electrical engineering and energy sectors are experiencing a long-term demand for specialists. What to do about it? How to support the innovation economy?
A fascinating package of integrated transport solutions with new mobility models, an incident management system not only in IT but also in the real world, prediction and automatic alerting leading to improved traffic and crime in cities, reducing emissions and improving air quality and climate, were all part of the GITEX GLOBAL 2021 trade fair.
