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

The Last Watchdog

Meanwhile, 200,000 well-trained and technically skilled military service members are discharged each year. Yet, there’s still work to be done to make this path more accessible and known among the veteran and transitioning military community. This experience can also be helpful when training cybersecurity talent.

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UK won the Military Cyberwarfare exercise Defence Cyber Marvel 2 (DCM2)

Security Affairs

The Defence Cyber Marvel 2 (DCM2) is the largest training exercise organised by the Army Cyber Association to allow personnel from across the Armed Forces to build their skills within the cyber and electromagnetic domain. This year, 750 cyber specialists have participated in the military cyberwarfare exercise.

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GAO: Pentagon's Cyber Hygiene Programs Come Up Short

Data Breach Today

Audit Finds DoD Would Benefit From Better Security Training The U.S. Defense Department needs to improve its cybersecurity training programs for civilian and military employees to reduce the risks that common security incidents pose, a new audit from the Government Accountability Office finds.

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Russia-linked APT28 targets govt bodies with fake NATO training docs

Security Affairs

Russia-linked cyberespionage group APT28 uses fake NATO training documents as bait in attacks aimed at government bodies. The Russia-linked cyberespionage group APT28 is behind a string of attacks that targeting government bodies with Zebrocy Delphi malware. ” reads the report published QuoIntelligence. Pierluigi Paganini.

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NEW TECH: Circadence deploys ‘gamification’ training to shrink cybersecurity skills gap

The Last Watchdog

Related: The need for diversity in cybersecurity personnel One of the top innovators in the training space is Circadence ®. The way people are trained in cybersecurity right now is the opposite of gamification. It isn’t very exciting and not necessarily something the user wants to continue to train.

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News alert: MxD roundtable with White House officials highlights cybersecurity workforce needs

The Last Watchdog

Each participating organization is committed to developing cyber skills and programs to train the workforce across a wide range of industries, including manufacturing. manufacturers from cyber-attacks by providing role-based training to the next generation of cybersecurity workers in manufacturing.

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Pro-Russian hacktivists target Italy government websites

Security Affairs

Our Legion conducts military cyber exercises in your countries in order to improve their skills. You must understand that this is training. I give you my word of honor that our cyber army will soon finish training in your territory, and we will go on the offensive. Our Legion is learning to kill your servers! Pierluigi Paganini.