Security Roundup: Google’s GDPR Fine, KnowBe4, Cybint, Digital Training
… cyber centers of excellence in select U.S. and international markets with a goal of providing communities, networks and associations with the education and resources to solve today’s cyberworkforce shortage and skills gap.
The company will partner with higher education institutions and businesses globally to establish hubs for cyber education, and provide training and education opportunities for professionals and students.
Cyber-center partners are able to offer their clients, members, students or other stakeholders access to Cybint’s portfolio of cybereducation solutions, among other resources. These training solutions include cyber literacy courses that provide a basic, comprehensive grounding in cyber terminology, threats and opportunities, and more advanced and comprehensive hands-on simulator labs providing practical training in a “real world-like” environment for cybersecurity professionals.
Partner organizations also have access to one-on-one consultation, customized cyber skills-building and a cyber-talent platform aimed at helping them match relevant candidates to jobs in cybersecurity and intelligence.
“The battle against cybercrime is one that takes effort, diligence and a commitment to staying ahead of the curve in technology, training and practices,” said Roy Zur, Cybint’s CEO. “That is an effort that spans industries and can only be won with all our collective efforts. We feel very strongly that partnering to establish cyber training hubs serves not only our partners themselves, but anyone who has access to the newly available resources.”
Vodafone Study: Employees Need More Digital Skills
A new Vodafone Institute global study found that employees feel that they don’t have the digital skills they need for jobs in the future.
Some 9,000 people across nine countries were surveyed for one of the first global studies on technology acceptance against the background of digitization.
Key survey findings include:
- Globally, 85 percent of respondents said they need digital skills in their job, but 56 percent said their skills need expanding and only 29 percent said their skills are sufficient.
- 78 percent of respondents in China and 70 percent in Bulgaria see a need to expand their digital skills, compared to 42 percent in the United States, 42 percent in the United Kingdom and 43 percent in Germany.
- Just 32 percent of European respondents learned their digital skills at work or during their studies, with 67 percent saying they had to teach themselves.
- Eighty-three percent of Indian respondents and 76 percent in China get up to five or more hours of digital training each week, compared to less than 50 percent in Western Europe.
“Digitization is rapidly changing the world of work and the results of this study show that digital skills are now essential for every job,” said Joakim Reiter, Vodafone Institute’s advisory board chairman and Vodafone’s group external affairs director. “However, the expansion of digital skills must keep pace with the ever-changing world of technology, which requires a major shift in the way we teach digital skills in schools, universities and the workplace.”