If You Say You’ve Looked For Diverse Talent And Can’t Find It, You’re Either Lazy Or A Liar

Kathie Miley, COO of Cybrary, a free online cybersecurity training site, and Gabrielle Hempel, a Cybrary user and now a Security Analyst at Accenture, chat with ITSPmagazine’s Selena Templeton about getting more diverse talent in cybersecurity.

The title of this podcast is a bold one – if you say you’ve looked for diverse talent and can’t find it, you’re either lazy or a liar – but it’s a subject that is not only important to many people on a personal level, it’s a crucial one for an industry that’s looking at a talent shortage crisis that is only going to get worse unless we actively do something about it.

Gabrielle has been told numerous times to her face: “You don’t look like you’re a security analyst...or a mechanic” – both of which she is! When she responds with: “What am I supposed to look like?” they usually get red-faced and have no answer.

If we had more diversity being represented, people would never say to women or people of color you don’t look like a security analyst because the image of a security analyst would be so varied.

In this podcast, we'll discuss Cybrary, job descriptions, recruitment pipelines, and the hiring process -- all in an attempt to move diversity in cybersecurity forward.