Wargames allow trainees to build muscle memory in fending off attacks and practice anticipating how attackers may respond. The environment is fun but the lessons are immediately applicable.

Here are eight tips for improving results for cyber training.

“Every single person, whether they know it or not, is walking around with a million-dollar cell phone and a million-dollar laptop,” due to the data they come in contact with, said Waseem, a passionate privacy advocate, said the director of cyber education for the National Cyber Security Alliance. “And if you understand why your information is worth hundreds of thousands or millions of dollars to other people, then you are more apt to protect that data.”

“Partnering with ambassadors allows us to tailor content for regions and cultures, as well as threat trends targeting specific job functions or locations,” said the head of security awareness at Equinix. “To keep ambassadors engaged and motivated, I developed recognition and certification plans that give them visibility at the corporate level for all their efforts, and provide certificates they can put on their resumes for external recognition.”

Nandita Bery speaks to SC Media about the potential of applying the same attributes associated with ambassadorship toward a sa new credentials program currently under development.

The CIO of Artesia General Hospital in rural Southeast New Mexico shares the ongoing staffing and resource challenges he faces on a daily basis, and how his IT team tackles risk and workforce training.

Companies are pledged to help close the cyber skills gap by exposing more individuals to infosec courses. Still, experts would like to see more entry-level training and efforts to instill more confidence in prospective cyber professionals.

New research found that more than half of 18- to 24-year olds surveyed were more worried about deadlines than exposing the business to a data breach, and 39% were unsure what their organizations’ data security policies were. Nearly a third of this cohort, 31%, had tried to circumvent security measures.