Cybersecurity Hiring Woes? Time to Consider a New Collar Approach

IBM is leading an industrywide effort to close the IT skills gap by hiring new collar professionals who lack formal degrees but possess requisite skills.

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Overcoming the Skills Gap With On-the-Job Training

Organizations can address the cybersecurity skills gap by looking to tap the pool of millennials entering the information security workforce.

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Closing the Cybersecurity Skills Gap With a New Collar Approach

In response to the ever-widening cybersecurity skills gap, many organizations are hiring new collar workers to fill open IT positions.

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Cybersecurity Leadership in Transition: A View From the Classroom

Cybersecurity leadership courses traditionally focus on imparting subject matter expertise, but the next generation of CISOs must also be trusted advisors.

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Inside the National CCDC: Building Cybersecurity Skills for the Future

A Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition (CCDC) offers technology companies such as IBM an opportunity to network with and recruit aspiring IT analysts.

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Representation of Women in Cybersecurity Remains Stagnant, Despite Recent Efforts to Balance the Scales

According to a new study, the gap between men and women in cybersecurity barely closed since 2015 despite widespread efforts to raise awareness.

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With a $1.5M seed round, Eloquent Labs mixes AI and Mechanical Turk to fix customer service

widget_on_store Keenon Werling would be the first to agree that conversational AI is regularly overhyped. So instead of taking the traditional approach and gloating about a glitzy new deeper learning algorithm to pitch his new venture Eloquent Labs, Werling instead opted to differentiate by optimizing something far more low-tech, people. The startup’s special sauce is embracing a mix of AI,… Read More Continue reading With a $1.5M seed round, Eloquent Labs mixes AI and Mechanical Turk to fix customer service

Behind the Scenes at a Capture the Flag (CTF) Competition

A CTF competition can help an IT expert, student or budding cybersecurity enthusiast develop new skills and knowledge in a safe, competitive environment.

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Using Cognitive Security Solutions to Combat Cyber Scum and Villainy

Cognitive security solutions will help IT analysts tackle long-term strategic issues rather than firefighting against the overwhelming volume of threats.

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UK Universities Make Rich Targets for Ransomware Attacks

Almost two-thirds of British universities fell victim to ransomware attacks in the past year, and the trend shows no signs of slowing down.

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