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GUEST ESSAY: A Memorial Day call to upskill more veterans for in-demand cybersecurity roles

The Last Watchdog

It’s no secret that cybersecurity roles are in high demand. Today there are more than 500,000 open cybersecurity roles in the U.S., These individuals have many transferable skills that would make cybersecurity a prosperous civilian career. This experience can also be helpful when training cybersecurity talent.

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Demand, CyberInsurance, and Automation/AI Are the Future of InfoSec

Daniel Miessler

2021-2030) A Surge in Demand for InfoSec people will result in many more professionals being trained and placed within companies, likely using more of a trade/certification model than a 4-year university model. ISC) 2 says there were over 4 million too few cybersecurity people in 2019. ESG and ISSA. Cyberinsurance Will Ascend.

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Assessing Third-Party InfoSec Risk Management

Security Boulevard

Information security (InfoSec) risk management with third parties, including outsourcing, requires persistence and consistency due to the primary business risk it presents. The post Assessing Third-Party InfoSec Risk Management appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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US Helped Ukraine With Infosec—Story is ‘Dangerous Arrogance’

Security Boulevard

The post US Helped Ukraine With Infosec—Story is ‘Dangerous Arrogance’ appeared first on Security Boulevard. But scratch the surface and there’s not much of a There there. What looks like a coordinated PR campaign relies on “people familiar with the.

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InfoSec Reviews in Project Management Workflows

Security Boulevard

The post InfoSec Reviews in Project Management Workflows appeared first on Security Boulevard. I agree – this is very important. But there’s one topic that does not get.

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The US federal cybersecurity bureaucracy: A guide

CSO Magazine

The federal government has awakened to the urgency of cybersecurity and responded with new agencies, appointments, and appropriations. The National Security Agency is the grandaddy of cybersecurity organizations. The National Security Agency is the grandaddy of cybersecurity organizations.

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Infosec Community Increasingly Concerned about SolarWinds Breach, Four Months In

Hot for Security

But, according to a survey by International Information System Security Certification Consortium, or (ISC)², the 2020 SolarWinds incident bucked that trend in the eyes of cybersecurity professionals. The incident has prompted reviews of security tools and protocols by many cybersecurity teams, (ISC)² analysts learned during the survey period.

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