Tag: Skills Gap

Through programs such as Cyber Day 4 Girls and Cyber Day for Collegiate Women, IBM is encouraging young female students to join the cyber workforce and boost the percentage of women in security.

Identity and access management (IAM) solutions can deliver real business value — and managed IAM solutions can help make sure they continue delivering that value well into the future.

Some refer to information security as a war, but it's better to think of it as a game. To win the cybersecurity game, you need to immerse yourself, practice and retrain regularly.

The time kids spend playing video games online may provide opportunities for learning cybersecurity basics. Experts believe the post-millennial generation could be primed for careers in cybersecurity.

There's a significant divide between perceptions of SOC technology, talent and other key operations issues among analysts, directors and executives, according to the findings of a recent report.

With support from IBM, the University of Bari Aldo Moro in Italy is developing a curriculum to help students develop the cybersecurity skills they need to work in a security operations center (SOC).

In June's security news, IT experts and educators around the world worked to create a new cybersecurity career pathway through initiatives designed to alleviate the industrywide skills shortage.

As companies grow, the process of hiring IT professionals becomes increasingly tedious, putting them at risk of missing out on top talent.

Hiring managers have lamented the so-called cybersecurity skills gap for many years, but some recruiters have found creative ways to solve this problem.

Hacking skills promote empathy, grit and creative problem solving — characteristics that can take teens far in their future careers, whether they pursue cybersecurity or any other field of study.