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Are You as Competent as You Think You Are?

Data Breach Today

The Dunning-Kruger Effect and the Truth About How You Evaluate Your Career Skills Knowing how competent we are and how we stack up against peers gives us the ability to decide when we can proceed based on our own experience and when we need to seek advice.

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GUEST ESSAY: How to close the skills gap by dipping into hidden pools of cybersecurity talent

The Last Watchdog

And even though people are becoming increasingly aware of the immense possibilities that exists when starting a career in the field, the pace at which they are gaining the required skills and knowledge to meet the security needs of organizations is not as high as the growing demand for their assistance. Look in-house.

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Adding Cybersecurity to the Curriculum

Data Breach Today

He makes the case for educating teachers about cybersecurity so they can educate their students, who can then go on to use those best practices in their careers. Gary Henderson: Educate Teachers So They Can Educate Students to Protect Their Data We look at cybersecurity largely focused on the immediate future.

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GUEST ESSAY: A Memorial Day call to upskill more veterans for in-demand cybersecurity roles

The Last Watchdog

These individuals have many transferable skills that would make cybersecurity a prosperous civilian career. Better still, cybersecurity jobs offer the individuals who have served our country a fulfilling career. To stay ahead of the ever-changing landscape of cyber threats, we must think differently about hiring and training talent.

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How to Tackle the Cybersecurity Careers Gap

Lenny Zeltser

It's a relatively young field, and we haven’t done a good job of defining what it means to have a career in it. Hiring managers who are worried about finding candidates because of the much-discussed cybersecurity skills gap should consider the underlying issue, which I'd like to call the cybersecurity careers gap.

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An Expert Overview of CISM®

IT Governance

A Springboard to Career Success CISM® (Certified Information Security Manager) is a globally recognised qualification that provides a good understanding of IT security with a management flavour. If you specialise too soon, you could get stuck in a career corridor. What career opportunities are there for CISM graduates?

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Luck, self-reflection, and learning on the path to success as a Health Librarian

CILIP

Emily’s career has not taken the straight path, but she has found her place as Deputy Knowledge Manager at University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, where she uses a formidable range of skills and experience and leads a rewarding professional life. In 2023 she was lauded as a member of the CILIP 125.