Break down the gates. Let people in.
Closing the Demand Gap in Cybersecurity
Help Us Break Down the Gates
The Cybersecurity Gatebreakers Foundation was created to change the mindset of hiring managers and leaders in cybersecurity. Our mission is to show cybersecurity leaders just how important (and easy) it is to hire, train, and mentor the next generation of cybersecurity professionals.
Help us close the demand gap in cybersecurity and remove the mental barriers that are holding us back from winning the fight against cybercrime.
The cybersecurity skills gap is a myth.
There are tens of thousands of bright, passionate, and high-potential people around the world, hoping desperately to break into cybersecurity. But there is no room for them; most “entry-level” job openings require years of experience, formal technical education, and a litany of professional certifications.
But why is this?
Certainly there is entry-level work in cybersecurity. You don’t NEED five years of experience, a college degree, or a CISSP to do many of the basic tasks found in cybersecurity. This is true across almost every domain, subdomain, and speciality within cybersecurity.
“The 'skills gap' is an illusion that lives in the minds of cybersecurity leaders. There is no skills gap. There is only a demand gap.”
— Naomi Buckwalter, Founder & Executive Director, Cybersecurity Gatebreakers Foundation
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The cybersecurity profession has evolved.
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Things are different today.
Twenty years ago, we didn’t have many resources to help us do our jobs correctly. Today, there are reams of freely-available information and resources out there that anyone can consume. We have industry control frameworks, security protocols, open-source tools, playbooks, best practices, white papers, virtualized environments, and security reference architectures that are freely available to all cybersecurity professionals.
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There is a huge amount of untapped talent.
Students and career changers are building home labs, writing blogs, attending webinars and conferences, reading books, studying for certifications, participating in hack-the-box and CTF challenges - all on their own time. These people have a drive and hunger for a meaningful cybersecurity career, and they can ABSOLUTELY contribute to the fight against cybercrime, if only they had the chance.
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We need more people in cybersecurity.
The truth is, we’re losing the war on cybercrime. We simply don’t have the numbers in our ranks to fight this asymmetric war, in which one bad actor can wreak havoc across multiple companies and industries. We need more fighters and defenders and good guys. And just like in the army, we need to train our new recruits TODAY so they can fight the battles of TOMORROW.
