{"id":235835,"date":"2025-09-18T07:34:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T07:34:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/235835\/"},"modified":"2025-09-18T07:34:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T07:34:09","slug":"ai-is-altering-entry-level-cyber-hiring-and-the-nature-of-the-skills-gap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/235835\/","title":{"rendered":"AI is altering entry-level cyber hiring \u2014 and the nature of the skills gap"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/hannah-roome\/?originalSubdomain=uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hannah Roome<\/a>, talent acquisition manager at cybersecurity services firm Bridewell, said the vendor is actively trying to increase diversity and expand its hiring scope by reaching out to universities, industry groups, and those seeking a change of career.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe deliver workshops, presentations, and Q&amp;As to schools, colleges, universities and professional membership organizations such as SANS, WiCyS [Women in Cyber Security], TechVets, and the Career Transition Partnership, both of which support those leaving the military,\u201d said Roome. \u201cMany of these schools and colleges support underprivileged communities from a diverse set of backgrounds.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Illumio\u2019s Nandakumara argued that rather than concentrating on pre-existing technical knowledge in candidates, cybersecurity hiring should focus on creativity, critical thinking, and willingness to learn.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hannah Roome, talent acquisition manager at cybersecurity services firm Bridewell, said the vendor is actively trying to increase&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":235836,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[691,738,158,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-235835","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-artificial-intelligence","8":"tag-ai","9":"tag-artificial-intelligence","10":"tag-technology","11":"tag-united-states","12":"tag-unitedstates","13":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115224147805372613","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235835","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=235835"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235835\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/235836"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=235835"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=235835"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=235835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}