Talent
Beyond Technology: The Crucial Role of Culture in a CISO’s Realm
While technology still plays a vital role in job success, it's just as essential for a CISO to foster a strong security culture ...
IT Security Workforce Gap Widens
An ongoing skills gap in the information security space, with an estimated shortage of 3.4 million cybersecurity workers globally, is putting security professionals and organizations under greater pressure than ever before, according ...
Part 3 – Trends in the Cybersecurity Talent Marketplace in the Face of Sustained Shortages
I’ve written previously about how I believe a team’s expertise and talent are the most important factors in determining the success of a cybersecurity program. I’d like to elaborate a bit more ...
Part I – CyberSecurity is Adversarial, and What that Means for Security Strategy
I have an impression that in the course of the day to day grind, many security leaders have lost sight of a core tenant of cybersecurity: that it is adversarial. Ultimately, the ...
Best Practices for Cybersecurity Performance Management
If you’re a cybersecurity professional, there might be three things keeping you awake at night: The job is getting busier and harder as threat of a breach is ever increasing You’re working ...
The Future of Application Security
At the beginning of 2020, digital transformation was already on the agenda of IT executives and organizations in all industries. However, when the pandemic hit, any plan of a slow and easy ...
Survey: Only 39% of Orgs Have Ability to Retain Cyber Security Talent
The cyber security skills gap was a problem prior to the pandemic. In a survey of 342 security professionals released in early 2020, Tripwire found that 83% of security experts felt more ...
Looking for Love in All the Wrong Places – AKA, the Cyber Security Talent Shortage
The subject of the cyber security talent shortage has been over-reported to the extent that no one wants to talk about it anymore. Even more than that, the only solution that really ...
A Shortage in Common Sense: The Myth of the Talent Gap
I have a visceral reaction every time I encounter yet another article bemoaning the so-called "talent gap" or "labor gap" in cybersecurity. Having been in and out of the job market several ...
Addressing The Elephant in the Room: Cybersecurity’s Increasing Talent Shortage
The cybersecurity space is in dire straits. Hackers are getting smarter and more sophisticated…and the availability of skilled men and women to combat them has never been lower. It’s an issue that’s ...
