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Episode 209: Fortinet’s Renee Tarun on Scaling InfoSec To Meet Tomorrow’s Challenges

The Security Ledger

The information security industry needs both better tools to fight adversaries, and more people to do the fighting, says Fortinet Deputy CISO Renee Tarun in this interview with The Security Ledger Podcast’s Paul Roberts. The information security industry is simultaneously robust and beset by problems and challenges.

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Episode 205 – Google’s Camille Stewart: InfoSec’s Lack of Diversity is a Cyber Risk

The Security Ledger

Here’s the deal with the information security industry in the United States: our country doesn’t have nearly the number of information security professionals that it needs. According to an estimate from Cybersecurity Ventures, the shortage of US cyber security workers could reach 500,000 people in 2021.

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CyberSaint STRONGER 2022 Conference Call for Speakers is Open!

CyberSecurity Insiders

BOSTON–( BUSINESS WIRE )– CyberSaint , the developer of the leading platform delivering cyber risk automation, today announced that the company is seeking speaker submissions for its virtual STRONGER conference, set to occur September 13th-15th 2022. InfoSec 360. appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders.

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Safety first: Will insurance companies stall or accelerate cybersecurity progress?

SC Magazine

Now, those insurers are poised to drive cybersecurity investment by insisting that organizations meet certain criteria to qualify for coverage. Still unclear is whether this will serve the cybersecurity community well, or distort strategies to protect data and networks. billion in 2019, according to Hiscox – companies crave coverage.

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Cyber CEO: A Look Back at Cybersecurity in 2021

Herjavec Group

Needless to say, in 2021 cybersecurity was front and center for individuals, enterprises, and governments alike. Data breaches and cybersecurity threats were at an all-time high this past year. So let’s take a look at the big challenges, priorities, and trends we saw in cybersecurity over the past year.

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Cyber CEO: The Cybersecurity Skills Gap – How to Address it Now and in the Future

Herjavec Group

The cybersecurity skills gap has continued to be a problem – one that’s only gotten worse due to the pandemic and digital transformation that most organizations recently experienced. When (ISC) 2 launched their Cybersecurity Workforce Study in 2020, the global cybersecurity workforce was 2.8

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Episode 207: Sarah Tatsis of BlackBerry on finding and Keeping Women in Cyber

The Security Ledger

In this week’s episode of the podcast (#207) we speak with Sara Tatsis of the firm Blackberry about her 20 year career at the legendary mobile device maker and the myriad challenges attracting women to- and keeping them in the information security field. to foster awareness of cybersecurity as a field and discipline.