You Can't Lift-And-Shift Humans To The Cloud | A Training And Staffing Conversation With Niles Pyelshak, Ryen Macababbad, And Kacy Zurkus | RSAC 365

Get ready for another journey! This time we're going into The Cloud; pack some open mind and perspective, as the environment is busy, constantly changing, and diverse skills, backgrounds, and culture are needed.

Presumably, many folks—when they think of "the cloud"—immediately think about technology; something along the lines of "my computer is somebody else's computer." We often forget that humans are building the cloud, running in the cloud, using and supporting it. Each cloud is a bit—or a lot—different. It is—or should be—built to operate in support of its specific business, bringing with it everything it needs to allow it to run and be successful. It must be usable by the teams that run it and secure it. But that’s not always the case.

With a widening gap for skilled cybersecurity talent—that now must also operate in the cloud environment—what we're really missing in the industry is the means to look at non-traditional talent. We must get creative in picking the pools where to find this talent and get creative with looking for sources of people that can fill the roles we have open.

We must remove the blinders that the InfoSec industry has been wearing for far too long. By doing so, we will open up to opportunities for the many talented, passionate, technology-loving, and continuously-learning, to join the industry. These are the kind of people we want in our organizations because they're always going to go after learning something new—and that's what we need most in this fast-paced cloud environment.

When you listen to this episode, you'll quickly realize that you may be able to lift-and-shift some of you on-premises technologies to the cloud—but that this model doesn't suit the humans making it all work.

A few things need to change as fast as the cloud. The way in which we educate, train, and prepare the existing and future workforce is possibly one of the most important to address.

Listen up as we present to you the upcoming RSA Conference 365 Virtual Series.

The first one of many. 

Guest(s)
Niles Pyelshak, Service Delivery Manager, Cisco

Ryen Macababbad, Senior Security Architect Manager, Microsoft (@Ryen_Mac on Twitter)

Kacy Zurkus, Content Strategist at RSA Conference (@KSZ714 on Twitter)

Resources
Learn more and register for the RSAC 365 November Seminar: https://itspm.ag/35rZGSe

Microsoft Software and Systems Academy: https://military.microsoft.com/programs/microsoft-software-systems-academy/

DoD Skillsbridge: https://dodskillbridge.usalearning.gov/

Empow(H)er Cybersecurity: https://www.empowhercybersecurity.org/

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