White House Launches New Cybersecurity Learning Sprint to Address Cybersecurity Skills Gap
The cybersecurity skills gap is at breaking point. Research shows that the cybersecurity workforce gap stood at 2.72 million positions last year, leaving many organizations understaffed and underequipped to deal with the complexity of the IT landscape. modern threats.
In response to more than 700,000 cybersecurity job vacancies in the United States, National Cybersecurity Director Chris Inglis today convened the National Workforce and Employment Summit. cybersecurity education to discuss how American companies can fill this skills gap.
As part of the event, the White House unveiled a 120-Day Cybersecurity Learning Sprint, a national campaign to promote the registered learning model as a solution to developing and training the workforce work in cybersecurity.
The program aims to show U.S. businesses that recorded apprenticeships are a viable solution to help employees develop their skills and close the cyberskills gap.
Today's announcement underscores that the solution to the cyber skills gap is not simply to provide greater financial incentives to security professionals, but to use tools such as apprenticeships to present people new to the sector or to help young professionals help them. reach the next stage of their career.
“The 120-day cybersecurity learning sprint will increase awareness of current cybersecurity-related recorded learning programs, while engaging employers and industry associations to develop and promote recorded learnings as a means of provide workers with high-quality, paid-as-you-learn training for high-paying jobs in cybersecurity,” Labor Secretary Marty Walsh said.
"These newly trained workers will help protect our critical infrastructure, advance our digital lifestyle, strengthen our economy, and improve access to cybersecurity career paths for underrepresented communities, especially women, people of color, veterans, and people with disabilities,” Walsh said.
As part of the event, Fortinet also unveiled its own training initiatives, offering a free training service to more than 8 million employees and teachers in US school districts.
Similarly, ConnectWise and CompTIA also announced the launch of a new initiative to develop the cybersecurity workforce through paid internships.
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The cybersecurity skills gap is at breaking point. Research shows that the cybersecurity workforce gap stood at 2.72 million positions last year, leaving many organizations understaffed and underequipped to deal with the complexity of the IT landscape. modern threats.
In response to more than 700,000 cybersecurity job vacancies in the United States, National Cybersecurity Director Chris Inglis today convened the National Workforce and Employment Summit. cybersecurity education to discuss how American companies can fill this skills gap.
As part of the event, the White House unveiled a 120-Day Cybersecurity Learning Sprint, a national campaign to promote the registered learning model as a solution to developing and training the workforce work in cybersecurity.
The program aims to show U.S. businesses that recorded apprenticeships are a viable solution to help employees develop their skills and close the cyberskills gap.
Today's announcement underscores that the solution to the cyber skills gap is not simply to provide greater financial incentives to security professionals, but to use tools such as apprenticeships to present people new to the sector or to help young professionals help them. reach the next stage of their career.
“The 120-day cybersecurity learning sprint will increase awareness of current cybersecurity-related recorded learning programs, while engaging employers and industry associations to develop and promote recorded learnings as a means of provide workers with high-quality, paid-as-you-learn training for high-paying jobs in cybersecurity,” Labor Secretary Marty Walsh said.
"These newly trained workers will help protect our critical infrastructure, advance our digital lifestyle, strengthen our economy, and improve access to cybersecurity career paths for underrepresented communities, especially women, people of color, veterans, and people with disabilities,” Walsh said.
As part of the event, Fortinet also unveiled its own training initiatives, offering a free training service to more than 8 million employees and teachers in US school districts.
Similarly, ConnectWise and CompTIA also announced the launch of a new initiative to develop the cybersecurity workforce through paid internships.
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