Raytheon is fully invested in Britain and invested in the development of cyber skills across the UK.
As mentioned, we are clear in our view that education is the best way to tackle the cyber skills gap, and to mitigate against cyber-crime today.
That’s why Raytheon has invested in these cyber apprenticeships, and it’s why we’re committed to developing skills in the next generation through programmes like our Cyber Academy, which provides university students with intense three-day workshops, mini-camps and bursaries to support specialist cyber education.
Interestingly, Raytheon has also found that there is an opportunity to reconsider who we consider to be strong candidates for these roles. Graduates with less technically-focused degrees such as English Literature can bring in new and different ways of thinking, to the benefit of all sides.
In doing so, Raytheon will take advantage of the lessons we’ve learned as a global business to benefit the cyber security of the UK.