A common theme that permeates (ISC)² Security Congress each year is the need to work collaboratively against cyber adversaries. This year was no different, as speaker after speaker during the event in Last Vegas stressed the importance of collaboration, information-sharing and teamwork. The theme emerged early on, as (ISC)² CEO Clar Rosso made her opening remarks. Referring to the cybersecurity workforce shortage, which now stands at 3.4 million vacant positions, Clar called for a new way of thinking to build cybersecurity teams. “And it starts with you,” she asserted “It starts with this community coming together. We can close this workforce gap. It's not going to be easy, but it will be well worth it. And we have to work collaboratively.

A new world order is taking shape as private enterprise, in the form of technology companies, start playin a decisive role in geopolitical events, said Ian Bremmer, the president and founder of Eurasia Group. Speaking to an audience gathered in Las Vegas for the 2022 (ISC)² Security Congress, Bremmer posited that in the not-too-distant future technology companies may supplant governments in making decisions because they control the digital world. “What if governments start fundamentally failing in being able to deliver the kinds of security that are required for their people,” Bremmer said. A window into the role of private enterprise in geopolitical events has already opened. Bremmer said Microsoft was behind only the United States and United Kingdom in providing

With the current threats to cyber stability around the world, there’s never been a greater urgency for cybersecurity professionals than now. Organizations are investing more time, money and talent to detecting and mitigating cyberattacks. The result is a boom in demand for skilled cybersecurity professionals. What’s the best way to break into cybersecurity when you have no experience in the field? It depends on where you are in your career, what you want to do and where you see your future. If you thrive on solving problems, are driven to help people and are excited at the prospect of working in a constantly evolving field, you already have a lot in common with today’s cybersecurity workforce. You don’t need an

The cybersecurity community grew by 11% over the past year to 4.7 million professionals around the globe, but so did the skills gap. In fact, the gap widened at the faster pace of 25%, leading to 3.4 million vacancies, according to (ISC)² research. (ISC)² CEO Clar Rosso shared these statistics during her opening remarks at Security Congress, taking place this week in Las Vegas. She said no single solution exists to close the gap. As (ISC)² has argued in the past, closing the gap will take a multipronged approach that involves attracting people from outside the industry, working with academia, and looking within organizations to find people in other departments with skills adaptable to cybersecurity. But how do you bring

The approach to cybersecurity historically has revolved around self-interest. It’s time to change that to think about the collective, according to Ciaran Martin, founder of the U.K.’s National Cyber Security Centre. “We're all interested in cybersecurity because we're professionals, but we're all interested in it for ourselves, for our own financial and economic and other interests,” Ciaran said in a keynote he delivered to open the second day of (ISC)²’s Security Congress 2022. The event is taking place this week in Las Vegas. Understandably, everyone wants to protect their families and organizations, Ciaran said. But to get cybersecurity right, he argued, it has to be approached with a sense of community. “So as well as it being about protecting ourselves,