Parham Eftekhari likes to connect people. Community engagement has been a constant in his career for nearly decade. CRA's SVP of Content Jill Aitoro spoke to Eftekhari to learn more about his passions, and how his expanded role leading both the Cybersecurity Collaborative and the Cybersecurity Collaboration Forum will better serve the infosec community.
Phishing is the No. 1 cause of cyber incidents, so a security strategy that relies on the end-user is likely to fail, cybersecurity experts say. The best form of security awareness training for employees is brief, frequent and focused.
The concept of venture going to a business focused on education and training, rather than emerging technology, is not a typical one. But it's acknowledgement that technology alone will not address today's threat landscape. ThriveDX targets people looking to make a career change, with plans to also integrate training into undergraduate and graduate programs at universities.
How do you convince a boss that a publicly discussed threat isn't a real threat, as was apparently the case about an app athletes must use at the Beijing Winter Olympics?
There are approximately 600,000 open cybersecurity positions in the United States. SAP-Yale alliance looks to mitigate talent gap and promote industry diversity.
The engagements will be structured around four lines of effort that will “serve as an investment in creating a robust and accessible pool of qualified cyber professionals, including future workforce issues, applied cyber research, applied analytics and strategic issues."
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