NextGen Cyber Talent

At the RSA Conference, Jobs Still Key to The Cybersecurity Crisis

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At the RSA Conference, Jobs Still Key to The Cybersecurity Crisis

This week at the RSA Security conference in San Francisco, an estimated 20,000 professionals came to survey the cybersecurity landscape. The irony is that more professionals are needed to plug the gaps in the cybersecurity labor crisis. As attack vectors, threats, and data infiltration hit new highs, the cybersecurity industry is struggling with an ongoing job crisis, lacking skilled workers to fill vacancies – with an estimated 2.7 million jobs unfilled, according to the (ISC)²…

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VCs, Tech Firms Want to Raise $1 Million for Bay Area Cyber Education

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VCs, Tech Firms Want to Raise Million for Bay Area Cyber Education

Venture-capital firms, security chiefs and technology companies in San Francisco are raising money to help tackle the cybersecurity skill shortage in a unique way—by funding education for would-be cyber pros at community colleges in the Bay Area for a year. The initiative, run by nonprofit cyber training company NextGen Cyber Talent Inc., aims to raise $1 million from individuals and companies to reimburse students for the cost of cybersecurity courses at Bay Area community colleges…

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