{"id":5975,"date":"2023-08-17T15:44:54","date_gmt":"2023-08-17T05:44:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aidn.org.au\/?p=5975"},"modified":"2023-08-17T15:44:54","modified_gmt":"2023-08-17T05:44:54","slug":"rethinking-the-cyber-security-recruitment-debate-and-if-qualifications-matter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aidn.sparkweb.cloud\/rethinking-the-cyber-security-recruitment-debate-and-if-qualifications-matter\/","title":{"rendered":"Rethinking the cyber security recruitment debate and if qualifications matter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The world is progressively more reliant on interconnected technology and the increasing need for strengthened cyber security.<\/p><p>Cyber-attacks are now among the world\u2019s fastest-growing crimes, with private and state-sponsored cybercrime blooming into an impactful industry.<\/p><p>Illustrating this change, the global management consulting firm McKinsey &amp; Company has valued the potential cost of that crime to global organisations at around $265 billion by 2031.<\/p><p>Who is best to take up the vital mantle of cyber security professional and what qualifications should they have?<\/p><p>Traditionally cyber security professionals have taken on the role as a mid-career move from a different role, taking on new prioritises to prevent cyber-attacks, lead security software adoption, provide security training and spear-head recovery processes if a breach occurs.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The world is progressively more reliant on interconnected technology and the increasing need for strengthened cyber security. Cyber-attacks are now among the world\u2019s fastest-growing crimes, with private and state-sponsored cybercrime blooming into an impactful industry. Illustrating this change, the global management consulting firm McKinsey &amp; Company has valued the potential cost of that crime to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5976,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"pmpro_default_level":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5975","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","pmpro-has-access"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aidn.sparkweb.cloud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5975","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aidn.sparkweb.cloud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aidn.sparkweb.cloud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aidn.sparkweb.cloud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aidn.sparkweb.cloud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5975"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/aidn.sparkweb.cloud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5975\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aidn.sparkweb.cloud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5976"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aidn.sparkweb.cloud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5975"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aidn.sparkweb.cloud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5975"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aidn.sparkweb.cloud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5975"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}