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Former servicemen are to be retrained as cyber warriors, under a joint endeavour between the Ministry of Defence (MoD) and an innovative start-up company.

Many military veterans struggle to find work after their service careers.

TechVets, which specialises in helping veterans get jobs in the cyber security and technology sector, will work with the MoD’s Career Transition Partnership, the flagship training programme for service leavers, under a new agreement signed this month.

They believe that the skills and experience built up during a military career make veterans ideally placed to retrain as cyber security professionals.

Minister for Defence People and Veterans Tobias Ellwood welcomed the agreement, after the not-for profit group’s co-founder Mark Milton signed the Armed Forces Covenant at the MoD’s Headquarters in London.

“Veterans have unique skills and experiences, gained from their time in the armed forces, which means they contribute a lot to society,” Tobias Ellwood said.

“It’s fantastic that TechVets will provide opportunities for veterans to apply their considerable talents to the cyber security field, which is playing an increasingly vital role in keeping this country safe.”

The Armed Forces Covenant is a promise from the nation that those who serve or have served, and their families, are treated fairly. By signing the Covenant, TechVets joins the ranks of over 2,000 organisations across the UK who have committed to supporting current and ex-Forces personnel and their families.

The technology and cyber security sector is rapidly growing. Currently though only four percent of veterans are working in tech and cyber, compared to 24 percent of non-veterans. TechVets first initiative, the Digital Cyber Academy, will provide free cybersecurity training to veterans, harnessing the leadership, crisis-management and problem-solving skills they have developed in their former lives.

One veteran who has travelled the path from military service to cyber security is Steve Maguire, a former paratrooper who served in Afghanistan, Northern Ireland and the Balkans. He says more direct engagement is needed between the military community and the private sector.

“There were a lot of hurdles to get over when I left the forces,” he says. “Recruiters preferred to select candidates with technical and commercial experience, rather than core skills.” Skills such as integrity, trust and loyalty that veterans possess are often overlooked by the “vulture market in recruitment” he laments.

Mr Maguire, the owner of Forces Cyber Pathways, a company working alongside TechVets to help former service personnel transition into cyber security specialists, thinks the more help the government can give, the better. “It’s not just about money,” he says, “there needs to be a change in culture”.

“There are no better practitioners of security than military people. Add the technical skills and you have ready-made cyber security experts. It’s a big opportunity being missed”