Articles Tagged with ''cyber security education''

The Department of Homeland Security is accepting applications from graduate and undergraduate students for its Cyber Student Volunteer Initiative. 

The future of cybersecurity in America is in the hands of current and future cybersecurity officers.

Recent studies have revealed a serious shortage of talent to fill cybersecurity positions around the world.

For a long time now, people (employees, users) have been touted as ‘the weakest link’ because of the tendency to make mistakes or try to bypass cumbersome processes, with no malicious or criminal intent in mind,” says Anthony Lim, Senior Cybersecurity Advisor, Asia Pacific, for Frost & Sullivan and Vice-Chair for (ISC)2 Application Security Advisor Council.

By screening a provider for these qualities, you’ll accomplish much more than a manager who simply wants to “check the box” and get it over with. You’ll walk away knowing participants are getting the training that’s right for them, not an endless sea of faceless masses.

There are a wide range of available metrics, meaningful standards, licenses and certifications, rigor, ongoing debates and controversies, critical thinking and creativity. Snake oil, product hype, misleading claims and charlatanism, while unavoidably present, tend to get weeded out fairly reliably. Committees, groupthink and linear/concrete thinkers don’t dominate the field.

Frederick Chang recently joined Southern Methodist University to develop a multidisciplinary program to tackle the most pressing cyber challenges facing the world today.

Are you (and your enterprise) struggling to keep up with the pace of today’s cyber security challenges? You aren’t alone, but you aren’t without resources.