This Week, in the Leadership and Communications section, The SEC Is Serious About Cybersecurity. Is Your Company?, CISA Urges Organizations to Avoid Bad Security Practices, IT leaders facing backlash from remote workers over cybersecurity measures, and more!
Kevin Nolten, Director of Academic Outreach from Cyber.org, joins Business Security Weekly to discuss how cyber education is the key to solving the skills gap and developing the next generation of cybersecurity professionals. Kevin will share examples of how we, the cybersecurity community, can get involved in K-12 and higher education programs, st...
Companies are pledged to help close the cyber skills gap by exposing more individuals to infosec courses. Still, experts would like to see more entry-level training and efforts to instill more confidence in prospective cyber professionals.
New research found that more than half of 18- to 24-year olds surveyed were more worried about deadlines than exposing the business to a data breach, and 39% were unsure what their organizations’ data security policies were. Nearly a third of this cohort, 31%, had tried to circumvent security measures.
Benjamin Corll of Coats noted that a security leader's primary role is is getting their teams the tools and support that they need in order to be successful. As he put it, "we may run the organization, yet we truly work for them."
Figuring out what to do after a breach is the wrong time to start the planning process. Communications strategies must be in place well beforehand and there are many benefits to the cybersecurity program for implementing these strategies in advance. Join this podcast to understand how teams benefit from relationships with communication and public r...
In health care, shifting IT leaders into security positions is a common practice and one that is likely here to stay into the foreseeable future. The SANS Institute discusses the major risks to the process and ways providers can better equip IT leaders to succeed in security.
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