Watch live: Solutions for the cybersecurity skills gap
Join Passcode on Oct. 27 for a discussion that will look at solutions regarding the widening cybersecurity skills gap.
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Whether in private industry or in government, America is in deep need of cybersecurity talent with the smarts to confront cybercime and help secure critical systems. More and more, it's not just programmers or developers at the frontlines of defense. Organizations need nontechnical managers and professionals who can oversee critical data and develop security best practices. Corporations are hunting for chief information security officers聽at the top while they struggle to train entry-level employees in of cyber hygiene basics.
Passcode聽and the聽聽will convene a conversation on three pillars of the cyber talent discussion -- workforce, education, and diversity -- that will feature leading thinkers from government, the private sector and educational institutions to surface the most promising paths forward for building a new generation of cyber leaders. Attendees will learn what's working and what isn't in creating tomorrow's cyber workforce and discover ways they can contribute to deeper pool of cyber talent. This event occurs during the last week of聽which is dedicated to "Building the Next Generation of Cybersecurity Professionals," and focuses on education and the cyber workforce.
Program
Sponsor Remarks:聽
Todd Thibodeaux, ,聽CEO, CompTIA
Q&A: Moderated by聽David Grant, ,聽Assistant Director, Content Strategy,聽Passcode
Workforce Panel:
Ben Scribner, Program Director, National Cybersecurity Professionalization and Workforce Development, Department of Homeland Security
Darren Burton,聽Vice President of Human Resources, Raytheon
Q&A: Moderated by聽Sara Sorcher, ,聽Deputy Editor,聽Passcode
Diversity Panel:聽
Cecily Joseph,聽,聽VP, Corporate Responsibility & Chief Diversity Officer, Symantec
Lisa Foreman Jiggetts, ,聽Founder/CEO of the Women's Society of Cyberjutsu
Q&A Moderated by聽Michael Kaiser, ,聽Executive Director, National Cybersecurity Alliance
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Rodney Petersen,聽,聽Lead, National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education, NIST
Nadya Bliss,聽,聽Director, Global Security Initiative, Arizona State University
Moderated by聽Mike Farrell, ,听贰诲颈迟辞谤,听笔补蝉蝉肠辞诲别
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Tues., Oct. 27, 2015
9 - 11:00 a.m.
St. Regis Hotel / Carlton Ballroom
923 16th Street Northwest聽
Washington, DC 20006
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