Michiel Prins

1 month ago | securitymagazine.com | Angela Ramos |Michiel Prins

The cybersecurity industry faces a growing talent gap, leaving students uniquely positioned to bridge this divide. With a global cybersecurity workforce shortfall of nearly 4.8 million professionals, as highlighted by a recent ISC2 study, 64% of organizations report that skills shortages significantly hinder their ability to secure operations. As traditional IT pathways alone cannot meet this demand, diverse entry points into the field are gaining recognition.

Feb 10, 2025 | information-age.com | Michiel Prins

Since OpenAI’s breakthrough in Large Language Models (LLMs), threats to organisations have skyrocketed. That’s because whenever we make significant technological progress, bad actors also benefit: cybercriminals now use LLMs and generative AI to execute hyper-local attack playbooks at scale and obfuscate the traditional ‘tells’ that alert employees and organisations to attack. We’re in a metaphorical arms race with threat actors to make the best use of AI. So, who is winning?