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Technology Gateway

Episode 231: Solving the US’s Endemic Cybersecurity Worker Shortage

Rodney Petersen, the director of the National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE) talks about the massive shortage of information security workers at the United States – estimated at more than 400,000 workers.

Pride Summit 2021

At Pride Summit: A Warning On Cyber Literacy

Poor cyber literacy is at the root of many of the cybersecurity problems plaguing the U.S. economy, according to Dr. Alissa Abdullah, Deputy CSO at MasterCard.

Women’s History Month

Episode 207: Sarah Tatsis of BlackBerry on finding and Keeping Women in Cyber

In this week’s episode of the podcast (#207) we speak with Sara Tatsis of the firm Blackberry about her 20 year career at the legendary mobile device maker and the myriad challenges attracting women to- and keeping them in the information security field.

Women’s History Month

Encore Edition: Veracode CEO Sam King on Infosec’s Leaky Talent Pipeline

Women are more than 50% of the population, but barely 20% of the information security workforce. Why? In this encore podcast in honor of Women’s History Month, we revisit a 2019 interview with Veracode CEO Sam King to talk about cybersecurity’s leaky talent pipeline.