cybersecurity professionals

Hacker Uses Info-Stealer Against Security Pros, Other Bad Actors
An unknown hacker called MUT-1244 used information-stealing malware to not only grab sensitive data from cybersecurity professionals but also to steal WordPress credentials from other bad actors who had bought them on ...
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Exploring the Role of Empathy in Cybersecurity with Andra Zaharia
Tom Eston | | Analogies, Andra Zaharia, Awareness, Bias, Content Creators, Cyber Empathy Podcast, Cybersecurity, cybersecurity professionals, Data Privacy, Digital Privacy, Digital Space, Emotional Maturity, empathy, Empowerment, Episodes, Generosity, Information Security, Infosec, Journalists, kindness, Personal Growth, Podcast, Privacy, Real Life Examples, security, Shared Security, Technical Concepts, technology, users, Victim Blaming, Weakest Link, Weekly Edition
On this episode, Tom Eston discusses empathy in cybersecurity with Andra Zaharia, host of the Cyber Empathy Podcast. We talk about finding her passion for contributing to the industry and the importance ...

5 Reasons For the Shortage of Cybersecurity Professionals
The following are 5 key reasons that there aren't enough cybersecurity professionals to keep organizations safe from today's array of threats. The post 5 Reasons For the Shortage of Cybersecurity Professionals appeared ...

Immersive Labs Raises $40M for Cybersecurity Training
Michael Vizard | | Cybersecurity, cybersecurity professionals, education, funding, Immersive Labs, training
The chronic shortage of cybersecurity professionals appears to be finally driving major investments in online learning platforms focused on cybersecurity training. Immersive Labs this week raised an additional $40 million in funding ...
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Networking the Cyber Skills Gap
Bob Noel | | AI, Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity Jobs, cybersecurity professionals, machine learning, networking professionals, skills gap
Closing the skills gap in cybersecurity requires both technology and human involvement That the security industry is cripplingly understaffed is not a new revelation. Since 2015, the number of organizations reporting a ...
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Skill Sets for Transitioning into a Cybersecurity Career
Changing careers is never easy. How long or far you have already traveled down your particular career path can make the thought of changing careers a little intimidating. Often, people who are ...
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Think Outside the Box to Close the Skills Gap
Sue Poremba | | certifications, cybercriminals, cybersecurity professionals, law enforcement, skills gap, veterans
The skills gap in cybersecurity is a topic I address a lot, but it is also one of the issues in cybersecurity for which we just can’t figure out the solution. It ...
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Skills Gap: 3 CISOs Offer Advice for Finding Talent
Sue Poremba | | Akamai EdgeWorld 2019, CISO panel, cybersecurity professionals, employees, skills gap
The cybersecurity skills gap is a topic that has garnered a lot of attention over the past years. For example, the talent shortage was brought up repeatedly throughout RSA, not only in ...
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Women Needed in Cybersecurity
SEORG | | Cat Murdock, Chris Hadnagy, cybersecurity professionals, education, environment, General Social Engineer Blog, pentester, Rachel Tobac, sectf, social engineer, Whitney Maxwell, women in cybersecurity, Women Needed in Cybersecurity
2018 was an extremely intense year in the field of cybersecurity. The Verizon Data Breach Report confirmed 2,216 breaches across 65 countries. From what the experts say, we can expect 2019 to ...

Corporate ‘Boot Camps’ and Other Ways to Find and Retain Security Talent
Security operations teams are drowning under a sea of alerts that aren’t quieting down anytime soon, and the threat of the growing skills gap has fomented lots of worry about how to ...
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