There isn’t a significant skills gap in cybersecurity jobs, says Peter Bergen. Bergen: Most employers aren’t looking at the people who are actually available. He says there isn’t one cybersecurity skill set across that group, nor is there only one way into the career field. There are diverse jobs, from mechanics to engineers to drivers to sales to adjusters to washers to fleet managers, Bergen says. He cites Akamai’s six-month-based classroom-based program, where incoming staff learn the bedrock skills to enter into a 6-month contract with contract.”]
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