security talent

Despite evidence that prioritizing Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) in the workforce is a profitable and secure path for the security industry, recent headlines are misleading readers about its usefulness. Often seen as a threat to organizational and government security efforts, DEI is being mislabeled as a tradeoff or zero-sum game where its efforts inherently compromise security requirements and resources. A key concern centers around DEI efforts distracting from security missions because firms and agencies…