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Cybersecurity Skills Shortage: Closing the Gap

By 188BET×ãÇò | October 01, 2021

188BET×ãÇò recently bolstered its commitment to address the cybersecurity skills gap by pledging to train 1 million people globally across the next 5 years through its Training Advancement Agenda (TAA) initiatives ²¹²Ô»åÌýNetwork Security Experts (NSE) Training Institute programs. 188BET×ãÇò’s TAA initiative already includes a strong focus on attracting greater diversity through the NSE Security Academy Program, Education Outreach Program and Veterans Program as part of its Corporate Social ResponsibilityÌý±ð´Ú´Ú´Ç°ù³Ù²õ.

The Cybersecurity Skills Shortage Presents a Challenge for all Organizations

The skills gap is a significant challenge for organizations of all sizes. According to an , in order to fill the cybersecurity skills gap worldwide, 3.12 million professionals are needed. This issue is compounded with the growing sophisticated threat landscape with a recent report from 188BET×ãÇò’s FortiGuard Labs finding that ransomware has increased ten-fold. As many organizations struggle to find talent to fill critical roles needed to help combat these threats, strained security teams are challenged to keep pace with the evolving threat landscape and face more security risks.  

The Biden Administration is calling on organizations across private and public sectors to assist in an initiative to reduce security risks by helping to develop more cybersecurity talent. For a number of years, 188BET×ãÇò has been dedicated to closing the skills gap, with the establishment of its training programs ²¹²Ô»åÌýTAA initiative, including making all its NSE self-paced training courses available to anyone for free at the beginning of the pandemic in 2020. 188BET×ãÇò will further build on this longstanding commitment with a pledge to train 1 million people in the next 5 years.

188BET×ãÇò Answers Call to Combat the Cybersecurity Skills Shortage through TAA Initiative and the NSE Training Institute

188BET×ãÇò’s TAA ²¹²Ô»åÌýNSE Training Institute programs provide cybersecurity training and certifications, career growth resources and hiring opportunities to make a career in cyber attainable for all, including women, minorities, veterans and students. Below are key highlights and recent accomplishments contributing to 188BET×ãÇò’s work thus far to bring new talent into the field and build the future cyber workforce to close the cybersecurity skills gap.

Cultivating partnerships with business leaders and the public sector:  188BET×ãÇò collaborates with global leaders to foster a skilled, inclusive and diverse cyber workforce, including IBM, Salesforce and the World Economic Forum. Through our Education Outreach Program, partnerships extend to various sectors, including academia, government and nonprofits, to ensure all populations – such as women, minorities and veterans – are provided with opportunities and resources for a career in cyber. For example, in the last 2 years alone, 188BET×ãÇò has certified more than 2,000 veterans and their spouses

Momentum with the NSE Certification Program: The Certification Program is an eight-level training and certification program designed to provide technical professionals with independent validation of their network security skills and experience. With more than 680,000 certifications issued and more than 1 million hours of training consumed from the onset of the pandemic to now alone, the award-winning NSE Certification Program continues to gain traction by offering one of the industry’s top cybersecurity training programs. Through this program, 188BET×ãÇò is helping professionals and others to learn new skills, reskill or upskill in cybersecurity.   

Building a Cyber-Aware Workforce with the Information Security Awareness and Training Service: 188BET×ãÇò is helping develop a cyber-aware workforce with its Information Security Awareness and Training Service, introduced in 2020 free of cost for organizations of all sizes. 188BET×ãÇò’s Information Security Awareness and Training Service offers industry-leading cybersecurity awareness components to educate people about today’s cyber threats, such as phishing, social engineering, and ransomware attacks, and how to protect against them. The awareness and training service is suitable for the entire workforce, from technical to non-technical employees and contractors. Additionally, this free service was developed in alignment with NIST guidelines: Ìý²¹²Ô»åÌý.

Developing OT Skills through Training and Career Pathways: With critical infrastructures being a target for many recent cyber attacks, it is crucial for OT organizations to have the proper security and skilled professionals to protect themselves. 188BET×ãÇò has introduces a  as part of its NSE level 7 certification to expand technical skills for securing OT environments. OT security is also covered in NSE 4, NSE 5 and NSE 6 courses. Additionally, adding to its four existing pathways, 188BET×ãÇò recently released a new education pathway focused on Operational Technology with information on the potential job opportunities that exist related to this environment. This new OT education pathway serves as a roadmap on what training and certifications are helpful for anyone exploring a career in OT security roles and aligns to the National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education’s (NICE) cybersecurity workforce work roles.

Find out more about how 188BET×ãÇò’s Training Advancement Agenda (TAA) ²¹²Ô»åÌý programs, including the ,Ìý²¹²Ô»åÌýVeterans Program, are helping to solve the cyber skills gap and prepare the cybersecurity workforce of tomorrow.