Many in HR and Senior Management are worried about losing their top Digital, IT, Cybersecurity, and other technology-focussed specialist talent to other companies who present a more attractive opportunity. The industry analyst data shows that during 2018 Talent Shortage became the top risk, with the pace of change facing the organizations emerging as the …
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Service Desk Manager: Hi HB, I need another resource for the Service Desk. Digital Forensics Team Leader: And I’m looking for a Digital Forensics Specialist. HasBean: No problem! Create vacancy requests in the new HR system, choosing the required competency from the 8 listed in the system, and I’ll do a candidate search. Service Desk …
I met with a customer recently who was trying to work out how to describe all the competencies they needed in the company. They needed to populate the skills and competencies module in their brand new HR system which they’d just spent the last 9 months implementing, and was due to go live within the …
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ISACA have just released part 1 of their 2019 State of Cybersecurity report, which can be downloaded here. Here are a few headlines that yet again demonstrate that it is essential to focus on people and skills, and improve your Digital Skills Management maturity. “Skills gap still not shrinking” “69% say their cybersecurity teams are …
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CISO: “This is the internal candidates list for the new Information Security position.” HasBean: “Don’t think I know her! And how old is he now? Isn’t his wife about to have a baby? He supports the same football team I do – we should interview him!” CISO: “Hang On! The skills profile matching shows we …
Either you already know your Digital, ICT or Cybersecurity skills issues, or you’re going to find out the hard way! Where are my risks? Significant business risk exists from the inability to prevent data loss and Cybersecurity incidents if the people and skill risks are unknown. If you don’t know what skills you …
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Missed skill opportunities HasBean: “Hi Sarah, what’s on your mind?” Sarah: “Hi Boss, I just heard that you have setup a new Cybersecurity section. I would love to be included in the team.” HasBean: “There are no requirements for a Web Designer on the team.” Sarah: “But I have a background in Digital Forensics.” HasBean: …
ISACA, an independent, non-profit, global association for IT governance professionals, publish an annual report of the results of their global State of Cybersecurity Survey. The 2018 version of this report shows that “Skills challenges remain, but are better understood. The skills gap continues unabated. Enterprises still have open security positions, and the time to fill them …
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Skills gap analysis should prompt two questions in your mind: ‘are you sure you have the right people with the right skills to prevent hackers from getting to your customer data?’ ‘do you have the right people with the right skills to spot a breach quickly – or will you have to wait until an …
The ISACA, 2016 Cybersecurity Snapshot released in 2017, discusses the attitudes of businesses to the US Cybersecurity Act and the threats, issues and opportunities facing cybersecurity professionals. The findings make it clear there is concern about the growing number and severity of cyber threats and consequently, the likelihood of such an attack disrupting critical infrastructure …
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