Bridging the Cybersecurity Skills Gap

Plus, California Considers Tougher Breach Notification Law; GSM Network Vulnerabilities) • March 1, 2019     10 Minutes   

The latest edition of the ISMG Security Report features Greg Touhill, the United States' first federal CISO, discussing how "reskilling" can play an important role in filling cybersecurity job vacancies.

In this report, you'll hear (click on player beneath image to listen):

Touhill discuss ideas for helping resolve the shortage of cybersecurity specialists; ISMG's Mathew Schwartz outline proposed legislation in California that would toughen breach notification requirements; Roger Jover, a research scientist at Bloomberg who will speak at the upcoming ISMG Fraud Summit in New York, discuss the need to do more to direct users away from vulnerable GSM mobile networks.

The ISMG Security Report appears on this and other ISMG websites on Fridays. Don't miss the Feb. 15 and Feb. 22 editions, which respectively discuss protecting cryptocurrency exchanges in the era of "deep fakes" and weaknesses in password manager apps.

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