cyber skills gap
Women at Cisco take on the Cyberstart Challenge – Will You?
Last fall, close to a one hundred Cisco women across the globe participated in the CyberStart Challenge. Cisco is the first public company to test the platform, which involves solving a series of cybersecurity challenges with increasing levels of complexity. There are three verticals, called “Base…
The Cybersecurity Talent Shortfall: How the Cisco Networking Academy is Meeting the Demand
The world of cybercrime never sleeps. There is a hacker attack every 39 seconds. Every day approximately 230,000 malware samples are created by cybercriminals and more than 4,000 ransomware attacks are deployed. To combat this never-ending siege, billions of dollars and countless hours are spent try…
Women Leading in Cyber – Welcome to WiCyS 2019
It’s time for the annual Women in Cyber Security Conference (WiCyS). We’re proud that Cisco is once again a VIP sponsor as well as a Founding Partner of this motivating and important event. We have some great activities in store, including welcoming eight high school girls and their two chaperones a…
The Way In – Paths to a Cyber Career When You’re Not a Math Geek
The cybersecurity talent shortage is real, and it’s an all-hands-on-deck moment to overcome it. Yet many people who could be well qualified to take on the diverse roles that cyber needs are daunted at the prospect – if they don’t have the deep math or science background commonly associated with this…
Enrolling More Women in Cyber Engineering
Everyone who works at Cisco knows that we encourage, promote and value a diverse workforce. Supporting women is an important part of that effort. The difference in tangible support from ten years ago to today is profound across the company; but I truly believe that the Security & Trust Organizat…