THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS HEALTH SYSTEM
“ You see a lot of veterans who end up in the cybersecurity space after they separate from the military ”
MICHAEL MEIS ASSOCIATE CISO , THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS HEALTH SYSTEM
“ Maturation and automation around security technology is key , as that talent gap is not going away anytime soon ,” he added .
Even with the education initiatives the cybersecurity industry has recently put in place , it ' s going to take several years for that to come to fruition .
“ We know that over 80 % of the cybersecurity industry is over 35 , meaning that there is a mass retirement party coming at some point soon . To address that , we need to continue to invest in automation as a force multiplier for the people that we have right now to avoid burnout .”
Meis adds that the final piece of what we ' ll see in the future of the cybersecurity industry is around regulation , at both federal and state levels .
“ At some point , there are going to be more Intercontinental agreements between nations . The UK , the United States , and the EU have collaborated on several pieces of legislation – we will most likely see more of that going forward . So , if we haven ' t invested in our GRC programmes , we ' re not going to be ready to take those on ,” said Meis .
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