Visible Figures: Bridging the Skills Gap With Inclusion and Equal Opportunity
summary
Claims a pilot apprenticeship turns people with little or no technical background into fit-for-purpose GRC analysts in seven months, using ISO 27001, CCSK, cloud fundamentals, AI auditing and design thinking. Students do real work: end-to-end ISO 27001 audits, AWS risk assessments and application risk reviews. Program demographics are 59% female / 65% Black and produced measurable placements. Backing stats include 3.5 million open cybersecurity jobs and a 19% rise in public cloud spend with 33% increase in cloud security budgets.
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chapters (29)
- 0:00Introduction
- 0:14Visibility
- 0:26Visible Future
- 1:17Agenda
- 1:50Goals Learning Objectives
- 2:18Power of Visibility
- 5:27Margaret Knight
- 7:01Cyber Security Diversity
- 8:57Why Diversity is Important
- 11:39Diversity by Design
- 14:55Cyber Security for Tomorrow
- 18:15Trends
- 22:32Preparing for the future
- 25:22Conclusion
- 26:34Jeremiah Marinovich
- 28:18The Next CSO Program
- 28:40The Big Challenges
- 29:56Three Questions
- 30:14Our Response
- 31:42How Did We Do
- 31:57CSO Skills
- 32:51Design Thinking
- 33:33Augmented Workforce
- 34:10Provide a Good Foundation
- 34:44Support Intelligent Systems
- 35:39Access to Real Work
- 36:37Final Learn
- 37:38What Can We Do
- 38:20Thank You
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