MI5, the UK's domestic counter-intelligence and security agency, is advertising a job that involves looking into the future and anticipating security threats that could occur up to and including the year 2030.
For £56,000 a year, the successful employee must figure out what technology and techniques could be used by cyber criminals and rogue foreign states in the future. The information technology researcher will need to possess expert knowledge on how wireless networks are used to wreak havoc on British businesses and governmental departments.
In an advertisement, MI5 bosses say: “The research you will be developing will be future focused, looking out between three and seven years, and based on a research theme area.” According to an article on the Daily Star website, candidates should have an interest in vehicle computer systems to help track and collate information on specified targets.
