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How to pick the best cyber range for your cybersecurity training needs and budget

Introduction

Whether your organization is tired of being held back by the cybersecurity workforce skills gap or your management team has watched the worst that a cyberattack could do to a peer organization, the time has come to do something about it. One of the best decisions your organization can make is to explore how a cyber range can take your cybersecurity team to the next level, while also preparing them for the cyberthreats of tomorrow. 

A cyber range is a virtual, controlled environment that organizations can use for cyber training and software testing, using high-fidelity simulators and network emulation. Cyber ranges are perfect for allowing professionals to practice handling specific real-world scenarios and training employees without fear of impacts to production systems.

But with so many options available in this rapidly growing marketplace, how does your team find the right type of cyber range to fit your needs without breaking the budget? 

This article will explore a few of the key questions and considerations to help your organization make the right decision.

Identify cyber range needs: Does your cybersecurity team have a skill gap?

Does your team have critical cybersecurity positions vacant? Are too many responsibilities put on the shoulders of too few people? Is your team worried about continuity or cross-training? If these are common questions, your team is not alone; over 65 percent of organizations around the world are reporting a shortage of cybersecurity staff while about 36 percent report a lack of key skills among cybersecurity personnel being a top organizational concern.

As the digital economy continues and more and more work and entertainment is occurring online, the demand for workers with these already-limited cybersecurity skills is only going to rise. This crunch in demand for key skills is complicated by the need for (Read more...)

*** This is a Security Bloggers Network syndicated blog from Infosec Resources authored by Patrick Mallory. Read the original post at: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/infosecResources/~3/4aYbziNw1iw/