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News alert: MxD roundtable with White House officials highlights cybersecurity workforce needs

The Last Watchdog

Organizations gathered to discuss courses and programs to address the critical cybersecurity workforce needs in the United States. Each participating organization is committed to developing cyber skills and programs to train the workforce across a wide range of industries, including manufacturing.

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Ready to Jumpstart Your Cybersecurity Career for Free?

Jane Frankland

As technology advances and cyberattacks increase, the need for trained professionals to combat them has never been more urgent. Unfortunately, however, there is still a shortage in the cybersecurity workforce, leaving many organisation’s vulnerable to attacks. Today, it’s estimated that 3.4 Today, it’s estimated that 3.4

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GUEST ESSAY: Why internal IT teams are ill-equipped to adequately address cyber risks

The Last Watchdog

Related: The case for augmented reality training Because of this, cybersecurity investments and regulatory oversight are increasing at an astounding rate , especially for those in the financial services industry, bringing an overwhelming feeling to chief compliance officers without dedicated security teams.

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GUEST ESSAY: What it will take to train the next generation of cybersecurity analysts

The Last Watchdog

It is no secret that there is, and has been for some time, a shortage of trained cyber security professionals in corporate IT Security teams. The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania observed that “nowhere is the workforce-skills gap more pronounced than in cybersecurity.”. Growing need.

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World Youth Skills Day 2023: Engaging Youth with Cybersecurity

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

World Youth Skills Day 2023: Engaging Youth with Cybersecurity madhav Thu, 07/13/2023 - 04:56 In 2014, the United Nations General Assembly declared 15 July as World Youth Skills Day to celebrate the strategic importance of equipping young people with skills for employment, decent work, and entrepreneurship.

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Breaking Barriers, Building Bridges: Cultivating Female Belonging in the Cybersecurity Landscape

Jane Frankland

Using ISC2’s Workforce Studies as data sources, since 2020, the percentage growth of women in cybersecurity hasn’t grown. In fact, McKins ey recently reported that if Europe could double the share of women in the tech workforce by 2027 it could benefit from a GDP increase of as much as €260-600 billion. It’s declined.

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California-based workforce platform Prosperix leaks drivers licenses and medical records

Security Affairs

Prosperix, formally Crowdstaffing, calls itself a “workforce innovation” company that develops software solutions for businesses to build an “extraordinary” workforce. Most of the employment authorization documents and driving licenses that were exposed appear to be expired. However, the leaky bucket dates back to 2017.