Problem-Solving Over Pedigree: How to Break Into Cybersecurity and Succeed
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This episode discusses the disconnect between the cybersecurity talent shortage and the industry's discouraging hiring practices.
Send us Fan Mail There’s a narrative in cybersecurity that’s quietly pushing good people away. And it’s a problem we need to address. In this episode, I’m unpacking a tension that doesn’t make sense on the surface: Thousands of open cybersecurity roles… and still, talented people questioning whether they belong. So what’s really going on? We talk about: The disconnect between the cybersecurity talent shortage and hiring practicesWhy the industry’s messaging may be discouraging capable profess...
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