#544: Looking to veterans for the next wave of cybersecurity experts with Nakisha Dixon, Vercara
The Agile Brand with Greg Kihlström®: Expert Mode Marketing Technology, AI, & CX
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🗓️ 3 July 2024
⏱️ 21 minutes
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In 2023, the global cybersecurity workforce grew 8.7%, reaching a record high of 5.5 million people, according to the 2023 ISC2 Global Workforce Study. However, the industry is still grappling with a substantial deficit of 4 million professionals to properly safeguard the world’s emerging digital threats.
As the global cybersecurity workforce continues to expand, the industry faces significant challenges in meeting the demand for skilled professionals. Today, we're discussing an innovative solution to this talent shortage—leveraging the unique skills and qualities of veterans. Joining us is Nakisha Dixon, Vice President of Human Resources at Vercara, who has keen insights into the adaptability and potential of veterans in the cybersecurity field.
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| 0:00.0 | The Agile Brand. |
| 0:02.0 | Welcome to season 6 of the Agile Brand, where we discuss marketing technology and customer experience trends, insights, and ideas with enterprise and technology platform leaders. |
| 0:18.0 | We focus on the people, processes, data, and platforms that make brands successful, scalable, customer-focused and |
| 0:25.0 | sustainable. This is what makes an agile brand. I'm your host, Greg Kielstrom, |
| 0:29.5 | advising Fortune 1000 brands on Martek, marketing operations, and CX, best-selling author and speaker. |
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| 1:17.7 | In 2023 the global cybersecurity workforce grew 8.7% reaching a record high of 5.5 million people. security workforce |
| 1:25.0 | study. |
| 1:29.0 | However, the industry is still grappling with a substantial deficit of 4 million |
| 1:33.8 | professionals to properly safeguard the world's emerging digital |
| 1:36.9 | threats. As the global cybersecurity workforce continues to expand, the |
| 1:41.7 | industry faces significant challenges in meeting the demand for skilled |
| 1:45.2 | professionals. Today we're discussing an innovative solution to this talent shortage, leveraging leveraging the unique skills and qualities of veterans. |
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