Closing the skills gap – part 4: Michael Smith, Neustar

Is there a "hiring gap" in cybersecurity?

Over the last few episodes on Security Insights, we’ve looked more deeply at the skills skills shortage. But is the problem as much down to matching candidates to roles, as it is finding the right people?

And are organisations failing to do enough to develop the staff they do recruit, and so ensuring they stay?

In week's episode, our guest Michael Smith, field CTO at Neustar Security Services, argues that the issue goes beyond skills alone. And firms need to invest more in security, and in their staff, to keep up with the move to digital business.

 

Interview by Stephen Pritchard