The widening cybersecurity skills shortage presents an opportunity for the private sector to adopt proven strategies from higher education.

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Paul Laverack of London is an actor, but he’s considering a possible career change — to computer security. It’s a somewhat unlikely career transition, but is one of the many examples of how a ...

While SecOps leaders face a variety of challenges in their roles, the two biggest standouts are the difficulty navigating the skills gap in the cyber field and the challenge of operating and ...

As 2025 swings into full force, the talent shortage continues to be prevalent across the security industry. Research by the World Economic Forum indicates that since 2024, the cyber skills gap has ...

A member of the 7th Communications Squadron examines equipment at Dyess Air Force Base. (Airman 1st Class Jade M. Caldwell/US Air Force) This is a guest post by Pat Tamburrino Jr., chief ...

Valecia Maclin, director of cybersecurity and special missions at Raytheon, discusses the evolution of the cyber market, lessons learned from Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s 2016 Cyber ...

The global cyber security workforce needs to increase by 87% to fill the current shortfall of cyber talent, according to research. ISC2’s 2024 Cybersecurity workforce study found there are currently ...

During the height of the pandemic, "superhero" was the truest description for who our healthcare workers are and the work they do. They indisputably save lives. Now, a threat of a different kind is ...