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Change Two to the National Industrial Security Program Operating Manual (NISPOM 2) came into force at the end of May 2017. One of the biggest changes involves a new requirement for contractors to implement extensive insider threat training for all staf… Continue reading Government Contractors Required to Provide Insider Threat Awareness Training
Let’s face it – today’s Generation-Z kids think differently than their Millennial predecessors, who think differently from me, a Baby-Boomer. Gen-Z kids (Americans born after 1995 and currently under the age of 19) grew up with a do-it-yourself education, crowdsourcing, and aspire to be self-employed. They live on social media, constantly documenting their lives with the expectation that their social presence will impact or change the world.
An ISACA survey released during RSA week sought to illustrate the state of cyber security workforce development and its current trends. The results would surprise no-one in the industry: recruiting security talent is hard.
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Continue reading CompTIA Offers New Security Analyst Certification
An ISACA survey released during RSA week sought to illustrate the state of cyber security workforce development and its current trends. The results would surprise no-one in the industry: recruiting security talent is hard.
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Continue reading CompTIA Offers New Security Analyst Certification
The cyber security skills gap is known and documented, and empirically understood by all enterprise security leaders. It was recently quantified by job site Indeed.com, which measured the difference between available positions and market interest … Continue reading Cyber Skills Shortage May Require Employers to Change Course: Report
Gaining and retaining security talent is a major headache for almost all security leaders — indeed, the consensus is that the world is suffering under a chronic security skills gap. But most of the evidence for this skills gap is empirical; there is l… Continue reading Cyber Skills Gap Quantified in Terms of Supply and Demand
A new report on the cyber security skills shortage from Kaspersky Lab provides few new insights and no new solutions to the problem — but it does prompt an important question. It confirms that organizations are seeking to increase their security headc… Continue reading Report Shows Few Solutions to Filling Cyber Skills Gap
I once worked for a boss who would often remind me that “if it isn’t written down, it didn’t happen.” The more time I spend in the information security profession, the wiser these words appear to me. You see, we information security professionals are quick to share our opinion on something (whether solicited or unsolicited). But writing things down? That we’re not so great at.
Continue reading The Pen is Mightier Than Hot Air: Why Documentation is Key