Training

The Forrester report, which offers eight best practices to help encourage diversity in the workforce, found that while the industry has made significant efforts to recruit women, security culture across many organizations remains hostile toward women.

The five-level program looks to measure the security cultures of companies.

MITRE released the first official version of its deception framework Engage on Monday after eight months of operating as a public beta.

The bills are designed to authorize DHS grant funding for higher education cybersecurity training and education, authorize the procurement of airport security screening technologies, codify a federal cybersecurity contest and restrict the use of a popular social media app on DHS phones and devices.

New training program in Canada aims to encourage women to upskill and pursue careers in cybersecurity.

One expert compares aggressive or tricky security testing to "ambulance chasing" sales tactics, creating a negative association that gets in the way of the constructive relationship building between security and other areas of the business.

The eight schools join 82 other universities involved in the National Science Foundation’s CyberCorps SFS program that aims to develop cyber talent for government agencies.