Listen "2. How to Attract and Retain Cyber Talent w/ Deidre Diamond"
Episode Synopsis
The cyber talent search feels like a global, dangerous game of Marco Polo. We’re all looking for each other, but nobody can find anyone. (And even if we do, it’ll only last 18 months or less.) In this episode, I interview Deidre Diamond, Founder and CEO of CyberSN, about attracting and retaining cyber talent during the talent shortage. What we talked about:How the fact that we are short 500K information security pros in the US impacts attracting and retaining themHow career planning is the #1 way to retain talentWhy job searching should be like using a dating app Check out these resources we mentioned during the podcast:Deidre’s not for profit, Secure DiversityGet better at recruiting (CyberSN blog)KnowMore talent search This post is based on a Virtual CISO podcast with Deidre Diamond. To hear this episode, and many more like it, you can subscribe to Virtual CISO here. If you don’t use Apple Podcasts, you can find all our episodes here.
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