The Skills Gap – Training & Development

The industrial sector continues to face a cybersecurity personnel shortage and skills gap, forcing organizations to work towards increasing user awareness. Appropriate cybersecurity training will help the sector develop critical judgment and competencies when facing possible security issues, improving employees’ ability to recognize and respond to potential cyber threats.

Organizations can increase the knowledge of their industrial cybersecurity workforce by attending ICS cybersecurity training courses and programs, which are offered by a host of agencies, including the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), SANS Institute, SCADAhacker[dot]com, ICS Cyber Security institute, and the ISA (International Society of Automation).

US administration’s ‘Investing in America’ tour highlights cybersecurity workforce development, new scholarships

The U.S. administration showcased investments that are helping create pathways to good-paying cybersecurity jobs that are critical to national security and economic prosperity. The 'Investing in America' tour is journeying across the country to showcase and evaluate the administration's investments,…

OTORIO report reveals significant disruption from cyber attacks, growing concerns in OT security landscape

OT cybersecurity firm OTORIO disclosed that 88 percent of security leaders cite moderate-severe disruption to their business over the past 12 months as a direct result of cyber attacks, and 75 percent of respondents are more concerned about the OT…

Adopting collaborative approach to address global cybersecurity skills gap

A Fortinet executive identified in a post for the World Economic Forum (WEF) that a global shortage of nearly 4 million cybersecurity professionals is currently being experienced, and this skills gap is expected to widen due to rising demand for…

Enhancing OT security awareness through culture, training, and leadership

Enhancements in Operational Technology (OT) security awareness rely on the integration of organizational culture, focused training, and commitments by organizational leadership. The stakes in securing OT environments are high because they may affect critical infrastructures or industrial systems. Therefore, organizations…

Increased focus to bolster cybersecurity stance across global energy supply chains, as attacks rise

Recognizing the critical importance of securing the operational technologies (OT) that manage and operate essential energy systems, such as electricity, oil, and natural gas, G7 nations have decided to develop a collective cybersecurity framework focused on these technologies. On the…

Industrial Cyber Experts

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