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Top tech stats: IT security skills, work-life balances & more

Welcome to your roundup of some of the past week’s most interesting surveys, statistics and reports relevant to those involved in the UK tech industry.

This week, we have statistics covering the risks of the IT security skills shortage, healthy work-life balances and the impact of Brexit on financial services.

IT security skills shortage leads to increased threats

The majority (77%) of UK CIOs believe they will face more security threats in the next five years due to a shortage of IT security talent, according to research from Robert Half Technology.

A lack of IT skills puts corporate IT security at risk from cyber-attacks, with the top three risks expected to be data abuse (60%), cybercrime (54%) and spyware/ransom ware (39%). Employees with cloud security skills are in demand, but candidates are challenging to find....