04/21/2017

New Tool Lets HR Test Applicants' Cybersecurity Skills

Organizations struggle to close their workforce's cybersecurity skills gap

As the cybersecurity skills gap persists, a new training and testing program can help bridge that gap, while providing a recruitment and retention tool for HR departments.

In an age when data breaches are all but inevitable and the public remains undereducated in cybersecurity, organizations are struggling to close the cybersecurity skills gap in their workforce. According to recent research from ISACA, about a third of organizations take six months or longer to fill cybersecurity positions, with 37 percent saying less than a quarter of applicants are actually qualified.

In light of these challenges, ISACA is helping organizations close that skills gap with a new cybersecurity training and assessment tool as part of its Cybersecurity Nexus (CSX) portfolio.

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