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“Every single person, whether they know it or not, is walking around with a million-dollar cell phone and a million-dollar laptop,” due to the data they come in contact with, said Waseem, a passionate privacy advocate, said the director of cyber education for the National Cyber Security Alliance. “And if you understand why your information is worth hundreds of thousands or millions of dollars to other people, then you are more apt to protect that data.”

Nandita Bery speaks to SC Media about the potential of applying the same attributes associated with ambassadorship toward a sa new credentials program currently under development.

The CIO of Artesia General Hospital in rural Southeast New Mexico shares the ongoing staffing and resource challenges he faces on a daily basis, and how his IT team tackles risk and workforce training.

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.

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.