Security Staff Acquisition & Development

EC-Council would be distributing $8 million of the pledge to schools and U.S. military families as part of scholarships for the organization's "Essential Series" programs, while the remainder will be given to Certified Cybersecurity Technician certification program enrollees.

Inspired by my co-host Jason Albuquerque, this quarter's Say Easy, Do Hard segment is Job Search Strategies for CISOs. In part 1, we discuss the challenges facing the CISO role and it's hiring. As CISOs leave the role, the position is not necessarily being refilled. How will this impact future CISO hiring?

Inspired by my co-host Jason Albuquerque, this quarter's Say Easy, Do Hard segment is Job Search Strategies for CISOs. In part 2, Jason proposes we blow it all up, while Ben recommends a certification board for CISOs. We have no shortage of suggestions for how to fix the CISO hiring problem.

Even though Security Champions programs look very different across organizations and maturity levels, they share core principles for becoming successful. Marisa shares her experience in building these programs to foster a positive security culture within companies. She explains the incentives and rewards that lead to more engagement from champions ...

This week, in the enterprise security news, over half a billion in funding, as everyone gets their pre-Blackhat announcements out! Mimecast picks up Code42 Will Cato Networks IPO? Canarytokens update We still have some crowdstrike fallout to discuss CISO responses to SEC rules Making things secure without security tools tips for going SOCLess de...

There's plenty of content out there detailing how vendors fall short: scummy, aggressive sales tactics overuse of jargon and buzzwords sneaky sales tactics dumping on competitors products that fall far short of claims ambulance chasing So what should they doing? In this episode, we chat with Dani Woolf, about how marketers can adopt the skills ...

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.