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Author: Leah Schmid

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Q&A: Essential Tips for Solving the Worker Shortage and Starting a Career in Cyber Security

October 27, 2017 | by Leah Schmid

The week four theme of National Cyber Security Awareness Month (NCSAM) is “The Internet Wants You: Consider a Career in Cybersecurity.” We asked our Vice President of Human Resources, Leah Schmid, to weigh in on this topic. In this week’s blog, she offers her insights into the different issues surrounding the growing shortage of qualified cyber security professionals… Read More

Categories: Cyber Security Hiring | Tagged: cyber security, cyber security careers, cyber security professionals, cyber security workforce, information security
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How to Address the Cyber Security Hiring Gap: Tips from an HR Executive

November 15, 2016 | by Leah Schmid

Cyber Security Talent Shortage: How We Got Here While the cyber security industry is growing significantly faster than other markets, the challenge to fill more than 500,000 open computing cyber security positions is a serious issue spanning business as well as federal, state, and local government. Many colleges and universities saw the worker shortage coming years ago, and in… Read More

Categories: Cyber Security Hiring | Tagged: cyber security, cyber security skills gap, cyber security strategy, hr
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