New focus is being placed on educating the bosses – chief information security officers and CISO aspirants. Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Maryland are offering programs aimed at providing the necessary skills for those who lead IT security initiatives. The programs come at a time when organizations can’t find enough IT security professionals to hire to meet their needs. In California, state CISO Keith Tresh points out that some state agencies have under-qualified ISOs that lack IT expertise. “Threats to cybersecurity are far greater than just technical concerns, impacting economic competitiveness, diplomacy and national security,” Tresh says.”]
Source: https://www.govinfosecurity.com/new-focus-training-ciso-a-4968