BY Sydney LakeOctober 07, 2022, 5:23 PM
An employee at his desk at S2W Inc., a South Korean cybersecurity company, in Pangyo Techno Valley, Seoul, South Korea, as seen in August 2022. (Photographer: Woohae Cho—Bloomberg/Getty Images)
Cybercrime is projected to cost $7 trillion globally in 2022, according to research by Cybersecurity Ventures. And despite strong business and interpersonal skills, many professionals lack the cybersecurity knowledge needed to help their company prevent cyberattacks.
Complicating matters further, there’s a massive cybersecurity talent gap of more than 700,000 open positions in the U.S. C-suite leaders and business executives are “paying attention” to cybersecurity, according to Cybersecurity Venture’s report, “but they tell us reports on cybersecurity are way too technical, and use terms they don’t understand.”
To help business leaders prepare for “real-world” scenarios involving cybersecurity, talent development platform Udacity announced this week it’s launching a Cybersecurity for Business Leaders Program—which is tailor-made for C-suite executives and senior-level managers.
“Cybersecurity should be a top concern for all of…
