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In this interview with Help Net Security, Max Shuftan, Director of Mission Programs & Partnerships at SANS Institute, talks about how companies and the cybersecurity industry should try to recruit hobbyists and DIYers – as well as individual… Continue reading How to recruit cybersecurity talent from atypical backgrounds
Cloudreach released data highlighting the latest cloud technology trends, underscoring the impact the cloud skills gap is having on businesses. More than 70% of surveyed IT leaders internationally saw the skills gap as an urgent concern. 46% of respond… Continue reading How the cloud skills gap is hindering business development
21% of employees believe their employer is preparing them for a more data-oriented and automated workplace, according to a research from Qlik. This is despite most business leaders predicting an upheaval in working practices due to the rapid onset of a… Continue reading Data literacy to lead global workplaces by 2030
Tableau published a Forrester Consulting research exploring the role data skills play in driving business outcomes. The study found that despite increasing demand for data skills, insufficient training and investments are leaving business leaders with … Continue reading Realizing the importance of data literacy
Immersive Labs launched an analysis of human cyber capabilities. The report analyzed cyber knowledge, skills and judgment from over half a million exercises and simulations run by more than 2,100 organizations in the last 18 months. These were broken d… Continue reading How fast can organizations respond to a cybersecurity crisis?
In this Help Net Security interview, Dr Jason R.C. Nurse, Associate Professor in Cyber Security in the School of Computing and the Institute of Cyber Security for Society (iCSS), at the University of Kent, talks about cybersecurity higher education and… Continue reading Adapting higher education to address the cybersecurity skills shortage
Amid the severe and ongoing cyber skills shortages, both cybersecurity firms and in-house IT and cybersecurity departments are struggling to hire enough talented and qualified individuals. This is sometimes due to budgets, as many organizations have no… Continue reading Big salaries alone are not enough to hire good cybersecurity talent: What else can companies do?
Although the field of cybersecurity has expanded exponentially over the past decade, the fact that the workforce in the field has not increased adequately has now become obvious. The number of skilled and qualified workers is not enough to meet the dem… Continue reading Addressing the cybersecurity skills gap with higher education
Work is having its moment. The transformation of the global workforce accelerated in 2021, driven by the continued impact of the pandemic and strains on businesses amid record labor shortages and shifting worker priorities. It’s a strain felt uni… Continue reading Key trends driving the workforce transformation in 2022
76 percent of IT decision makers worldwide are facing critical skills gaps in their departments – a 145 percent increase since 2016, according to a Skillsoft report based on responses from more than 9,300 IT professionals. While still a significant cha… Continue reading Gaps in IT staff skills causing stress and decreased productivity