Training

Enlisting non-profit organizations that offer free cybersecurity training and assistance to under-protected institutions can help close the cybersecurity skills gap, Okta has found.

CyberScoop reports that increased support for creating, implementing, and expanding cybersecurity apprenticeship programs would be pushed by the new bipartisan Cyber Ready Workforce Act introduced by Sens. Jacky Rosen, D-Nev., and Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn.

Enterprise Security Weekly's Adrian Sanabria discusses Fortinet's recently released skills gap report with Fortinet's Rob Rashad on how breaches are impacting today's cybersecurity teams, the current state of certifications in the eyes of employers, and the opportunities for organizations to address the skills gap.

By investing in people, streamlining processes, and consolidating tools, companies can jump-start their vulnerability management teams.

Ransomware attacks against school districts cited in funding for cybersecurity tech.

Growing cybersecurity threats against the U.S. education sector have prompted the Federal Communications Commission to approve the $200 million Schools and Libraries Cybersecurity Pilot Program, which would ensure investment in sophisticated endpoint protection, identity authentication, and firewall systems for schools and libraries across the country over the next three years, reports StateScoop.

The U.S. was noted by CyberSeek to need an additional 225,200 cybersecurity workers to address the cyber talent gap as only 85% of available jobs are being filled by the country's more than 1.2 million cyber workforce, reports SecurityWeek.