The Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology formally welcomed ISACA to the ICIT Fellows Program in October. One of the largest professional cybersecurity organizations in the world, ISACA engages in the development, adoption and use of globally accepted, industry-leading knowledge and practices for information systems and adds to the Institute’s growing expertise in cybersecurity workforce development and training. ISACA will be represented by Fellows Robin “Montana” Williams (Senior Manager, Cybersecurity Practices) and Thomas Lamm (Director).
Cybersecurity training and workforce development are top priorities for cyber-aware organizations. As a leader in this space, ISACA brings its decades of expertise and globally recognized cybersecurity training programs to ICIT and its educational efforts. To help kick-off cybersecurity awareness month, Mr. Williams contributed to ICIT”s “Town Hall” on minority underrepresentation in cybersecurity, a briefing sponsored by Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) and held at the Rayburn House Office Building. Rep. Lee was joined by Congresswoman Linda T. Sánchez (D-CA), Chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus and Congresswoman and Judy Chu (D-CA), Chair of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus in hosting the “Town Hall” meeting.
R. “Montana” Williams, Senior Manager, Cybersecurity Practices & Cyber Evangelist states, “ ISACA’s partnership with ICIT is an important component of our efforts to create a global paradigm shift in the way cybersecurity professionals are trained and certified. By creating the first holistic cybersecurity workforce development program that addresses the global critical infrastructure cybersecurity skills shortage, ISACA seeks to work with the ICIT Fellows Program to drive changes in the way we train and certify cybersecurity professionals. This change requires a transition from a knowledge-based education, training, and certification approach to education and training that is skills-based and a certification process that is performance-based.”
“With a projected 1.5 million workforce shortfall in the field of cybersecurity, ISACA’s addition to the Fellows program add to the Institute’s ability to educate stakeholders on the role training plays in the development of skilled cybersecurity practitioners.”
About ICIT: The Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology (www.ICITech.org) is a non-partisan think tank providing objective advisement on cybersecurity and technology issues to the House and Senate, federal agencies and critical infrastructure sector stakeholders. ICIT Fellows contribute their expertise and cutting edge research to legislative briefs and other publications as well as participate in legislative briefings and speaking engagements to help educate our Nation’s technology leaders.
About ISACA: ISACA (isaca.org) helps global professionals lead, adapt and assure trust in an evolving digital world by offering innovative and world-class knowledge, standards, networking, credentialing and career development. Established in 1969, ISACA is a global nonprofit association of 140,000 professionals in 180 countries. ISACA also offers the Cybersecurity Nexus™ (CSX), a holistic cybersecurity resource, and COBIT®, a business framework to govern enterprise technology.
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Very informative blog. Cybersecurity workforce development program is very important to fight against cyber attack. Now Cybersecurity workforce development program address main target to improve the strength and power of Cybersecurity.
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