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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.

The ability to access core tech functions outside the hospital is no longer “nice to have”: it’s now a necessity. But greater tech adoption begs for stronger cybersecurity cultures across the health care enterprise.

Ultimately, all three quandaries come down to either a lack of funds or time that are needed to give infosec professionals the salaries, training and influence they seek. And most cybersecurity professionals will tell you that their organization could be doing more to overcome shortages in cybersecurity skills.

With a shortage of four million cybersecurity workers, we need to get more creative in identifying non-technical skills among potential candidates that can be applied to the cybersecurity realm. One way is to test them for aptitude and personality traits, like the career planning tests I took in college.That’s what the University of Maryland did […]

Nearly 30 organizations have agreed to make IBM's skills-building platform available to the vulnerable populations they serve.

A new program recognizes how small businesses, including those in rural areas without a concentration of cyber talent, need support in distilling key cyber risk information "and making it relevant and accessible.”

"We look for people with the right attitude, people who can be dynamic, and are eager to better themselves and eager to learn,” said Gregory Touhill of the Software Engineering Institute, during a panel at the RSA Conference. Unfortunately, those skills can be tough to come by.