Perspectives on the Developing Cyber Workforce Strategy
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The session lays out a developing National Cyber Workforce and Education Strategy that targets federal and national workforces, education and awareness, and ecosystem building. Highlights include One Million Certified In Cybersecurity (ISC2 reports 200,000 participants so far), Trellix hiring 1,000+ cyber staff, rewriting job descriptions and partnering with HACE, a microlearning program with 93% retention, and American University launching a cyber range for nontechnical simulation to train cross-disciplinary roles. NSF funding exists but many schools lack instructors.
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chapters (10)
- 0:00Introduction to cyber workforce strategy
- 3:29Four major themes of the strategy
- 7:26Partner perspectives on challenges
- 15:20Organizations' roles in implementation
- 27:15Benefits of diversity in cybersecurity
- 29:48Private sector call to action
- 33:05Incentivizing participation
- 40:08Workforce study insights
- 43:43Novel approaches in the strategy
- 49:00Call to action and next steps
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