Shining a light on the cybersecurity workforce challenge, the World Economic Forum recently published its Strategic Cybersecurity Talent Framework, which is intended to serve as a reference for public and private decision-makers concerned by the industry workforce shortage and committed to developing and nurturing robust cybersecurity talent across their respective sectors.
The framework is a product of the Forum's Bridging the Cyber Skills Gap initiative, which brings together more than 50 global public and private organizations committed to building sustainable cybersecurity talent pipelines.
This output offers actionable approaches for helping organizations build talent pools and is organized by four priority areas: attracting talent to the cybersecurity field, educating and training cybersecurity professionals, recruiting the right people, and retaining existing cybersecurity professionals.
The Forum's Strategic Cybersecurity Talent Framework outlines four key areas that are interconnected components of a comprehensive cybersecurity talent-management approach.
As the cybersecurity talent shortage grows, it's clear that organizations must rely on more than just professionals with existing cybersecurity experience to fill open roles.
According to a recent article, 95% of cybersecurity professionals believe that more could be done to attract new talent.
The Strategic Cybersecurity Talent Framework offers guidance on attracting new talent to the profession, including prioritizing diversity and inclusion, hiring from underrepresented groups, partnering with academic institutions to attract qualified candidates, highlighting learning and career development opportunities, and developing in-house talent.
According to the Fortinet 2023 Cybersecurity Skills Gap report, 82% of respondents indicate that their organization would benefit from cybersecurity certifications, and 90% say they're willing to pay for an employee to obtain a cybersecurity certification.
To attract new candidates to the field and retain existing cybersecurity professionals, the framework offers recommendations on ways that public and private organizations can deliver and support relevant and impactful training opportunities.
Concepts discussed in the framework include incorporating cybersecurity education across different disciplines, embracing industry-recognized certification programs, offering unique learning opportunities through gamification or personalized experiences, and continually evaluating the effectiveness of learning programs to ensure they align with industry demands.
With nearly 4 million professionals required to fill vacant cybersecurity roles, businesses must identify innovative ways to attract new talent.
More than half of businesses struggle to recruit cybersecurity talent.
Fifty-four percent of leaders say they find it challenging to keep cybersecurity talent.
We're committed to training 1 million professionals in cybersecurity by 2026 through our many Fortinet Training Institute initiatives.
Fortinet offers our award-winning Network Security Expert Certification program to prepare professionals for cybersecurity careers, and we work with a global network of Authorized Training Centers to deliver this training in local languages.
As the threat landscape intensifies and the cybersecurity skills gap grows, every organization has a role to play in attracting new talent to the field and retaining existing cybersecurity professionals.
Fortinet is committed to attracting and growing the next generation of cybersecurity professionals through our Training Advancement Agenda, Fortinet Training Institute programs, and numerous public-private partnerships.
The company is a founding member of the World Economic Forum Centre for Cybersecurity, a forum dedicated to enabling organizations to share and develop research and insights related to future cybersecurity risks and that forum's Partnership against Cybercrime project and Cybercrime Atlas initiative.
Shrinking the skills gap and ensuring that organizations have the cybersecurity talent required to protect their business must be an ongoing priority.
Fortinet is proud of its contribution to the Strategic Cybersecurity Talent Framework and is committed to finding innovative solutions to build cybersecurity talent's pipeline worldwide.
This Cyber News was published on feeds.fortinet.com. Publication date: Sat, 18 May 2024 08:43:05 +0000