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There is a Skills Shortage, But it isn’t Your Real Problem

November 14, 2019 admin Close the Gap, Security, skills gap, XDR

Credit to Author: William “Bill” Malik (CISA VP Infrastructure Strategies)| Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2019 14:43:50 +0000

During my undergraduate days, I recall hearing that the Bell System was slow to deploy automated dialing. While smaller local phone companies allowed callers to dial a number directly from their phone, the Bell system continues to rely on switchboard operators into the 1930s. In fact, early phones did not have numbers to dial at…

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A $100,000 Commitment to Close the Gender Diversity Gap in Cybersecurity

March 8, 2019 admin Close the Gap, Girls in Tech, Security

Credit to Author: Trend Micro| Date: Fri, 08 Mar 2019 15:00:41 +0000

Today as we celebrate International Women’s Day and as we move into March, it’s business-as-usual on the cybercrime underground. The same old roll-call of embarrassing data breaches, preventable privacy leaks, ransomware-related outages and more continue to dominate the news headlines. And while technology plays a key part in helping to mitigate these risks, people are…

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Inspiring Gender Diversity at Women of the Channel Leadership Summit

November 20, 2018 admin Business, Close the Gap, Security, Women of the Channel Leadership Summit 2018

Credit to Author: Trend Micro| Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2018 16:27:59 +0000

At Trend Micro we’re proud to be walking the talk on gender diversity — from our co-founder and CEO Eva all the way down. It’s always been a keen part of our corporate culture, from the very beginning 30 years ago. But we also realize that there’s still a major diversity challenge facing the industry…

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Closing the Gap: An Exciting Initiative to Drive More Gender Diversity in Tech

November 19, 2018 admin AWS, Close the Gap, gender diversity, re:Invent, Security, Trend Spotlight

Credit to Author: Trend Micro| Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2018 17:34:51 +0000

We all know there’s a global IT skills crisis. In cybersecurity things are even worse, with a shortfall of nearly three million roles estimated today — 500,000 of which are in North America. Today women comprise just 24% of the workforce yet half of the global population. Why is this? Women were among the world’s…

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