Tag: Professional Development

Collegiate cybersecurity competitions offer an engaging, hands-on way for students to start their career — and for prospective employers to help train potential candidates in incident response.

A capture the flag exercise gives security professionals and business leaders an opportunity to drill their cybersecurity response skills.

Chris Thomas, X-Force Red's blockchain security expert, has always had an interest in understanding how technologies are built and operated.

To bridge the skills gap, increase efficiency and lighten the load of overwhelmed analysts, it's imperative to encourage knowledge sharing among your security operations center team.

The threat landscape is growing more perilous each day and our white hats need all the help they can get. The problem is that many organizations are struggling to close the cybersecurity skills gap.

At RSAC 2019, IBM Security General Manager Mary O'Brien noted that while the industry has made progress toward improving the experience of women in security, "a little better isn't going to cut it."

This International Women's Day, we celebrate the accomplishments of some of the most influential women in security and explore ways to expose more girls and young women to cyber careers.

From high school to higher education, there are countless opportunities for security professionals and organizations to educate young people about a career in cybersecurity.

SOC analysts don't always come with all the certifications and skills an organization needs to protect its data. How can security leaders develop these employees into passionate, dedicated analysts?

Organizations are struggling to hire enough people with the right security skills. Industry and government must work together to give more opportunities to potential cyber talent.