Some years in the past, my cyber workforce at my prompting had T-shirts ready for an offsite assembly. They have been vivid pink (not black) and mentioned, “Cyber Rock Star.” We wore our T-shirts proudly, and the workforce was very profitable, as a bunch and individually.
To repair points caused by the cybersecurity expertise hole, we’ve got to steer by taking the problem on. It merely gained’t resolve itself, and simply by competing for present expertise, we’re not serving to — or guaranteeing higher safety. We’re solely driving salaries larger.
Some robust interventions by corporations, industries, and, the place acceptable, authorities our bodies will help in accelerating a solution to the hole. Within the meantime, as CISO, it’s essential to handle your groups, look inward for expertise, set up significant upskilling and profession improvement applications, and widen your lens to ignored expertise swimming pools when hiring.
