The Cyber Skills Gap | Chris Silvers | TEDxElonUniversity

In this talk, Chris Silvers presents thoughts on the technological skills gap from his perspective in the information security industry, in which the gap is causing problems right now. He will overview resources and techniques available to help you on your journey to closing the skills gap in your field, positioning yourself as a valuable member of your community.
Chris Silvers, a graduate of the Georgia Institute of Technology, has an MBA from Georgia State University and almost two decades of information security and risk management experience. As an advocate of lifelong learning, he has earned numerous security certifications in the past twenty years.
Chris began his information security career while working in the Federal Reserve System. In addition to creating a nation-wide penetration testing group, he lead the incident response team for the Atlanta district. After working in the information security field, Chris founded his own company, C G Silvers Consulting, in 2014.
Chris has developed and taught a wide variety of technical security and information security courses for various clients and security conferences. He also runs Open Source Intelligence CTFs at security conferences and speaks at community events about the importance of security to those outside the security industry.
This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx

[@bryanbrigaudit5690]

Fascinating analogy, truly an amazing talk and worth watching for people who are in the technology industry.

[@avimehenwal]

Amazing talk, truly inspired by speakers though on knowledge-driven industries ... Learn to Lear. Thankyou for sharing your insights

[@CyberBoo]

Graduating in the spring with my BA in Cybersecurity and certification in Project Management! So excited to start my journey

[@ChillVanille]

How’s it going?

[@MJ-kn2ci]

I want to study information systems- cybersecurity because of the lack ok knowledge we have when using today's technology

[@Monika-nb6ur]

Normally talks are so boring, but this was really interesting & engaging.

[@josefinamagallanes8451]

Thank you, Chris Silvers, very good video.

[@leoedias]

Really inspiring Chris, Th4nk U!

[@eyasudema2]

thanks for your help !

[@williamsxvi20]

Currently in my BA of Computing & Informatics with a specialization in Cybersecurity & Mobile Devices :)

[@Galayriyasomalia]

Thanks Chris this is what i really want to learn to become penetration tester

[@browntroy101]

Thanks, the down to earth video, was very, very helpful!

[@peeetew]

What a well-structured talk 😄

[@odesso4625]

Great talk!

[@josefinamagallanes8451]

Excellent speaker.

[@markzuckerberg6962]

David Wallace?

[@1bmxam]

Mark Zuckerberg I almost looked Chris silvers up to make sure that it wasn’t Wallace’s actor jesus

[@terrykim2743]

thats why he looks so familiar! lol

[@inuken9561]

omg

[@joncena168]

I want to do this!!!!

[@inuken9561]

And the views count perfectly reflect this skills gap

[@florencetown4024]

Fields programmable gate array is known not too unknown

[@benjamindeluna1299]

Running version 12.0.1 xD Oh how much i feel like a time traveler :)

[@0ijm3409fiwrekj]

This is how I knew I had the natural inclination for this field, when Snapchat, Google Maps tracking and any other new technology came out, my first thought wasn't how great it is, but how can this be exploited.

[@sandramattingly5157]

Try Utopia ecosystem, you will like it!

[@danielturcotte9146]

What is utopia ecosystem??

[@ericsanchez245]

no sim card on my phone

[@josefinamagallanes8451]

13.3.1

[@ericsanchez245]

no sir case fired

[@coach_alpha_elite]

Udemy is the fastest up to date

[@TheFreshestLyrics]

Women are perceptive, good one!

[@batodaesitiates1295]

So, is this profession then the same thing as Ethical Hacker?

[@Augustin54]

Bato Daesitiates penetration.

[@Sam-rp4hy]

Yes!

[@MishaZagreb]

3 Mindsets: Librarian: What is this? Scientist: What does this do? Hacker: What can I make this do?

[@bassistwd]

i hate most digital tech. keep the medical applications, keep it for toys & games. screw the remainder.

[@ericsanchez245]

stevie jones

[@abhi-qd7gt]

We indians will surely come to fill this gap.....😉

[@ericsanchez245]

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[@ericsanchez245]

toms scoty

[@megadaniel1100]

Ok?

[@goodcitizen4874]

Skills Gap? I've been doing cyber security since BEFORE cyber security was even a name! So why have I been looking for steady work going on 11 months now? You're talk was interesting, but I'm afraid a bit mis-leading. Most companies still don't even have a cyber plan (Policies & Procedures, Education) much less a budget geared toward hiring good cyber security talent. It's 2019 for goodness sake! In 2 years, cyber crime is estimated to be $6 TRILLION (Yes, with a "T") Dollars globally, which is more money than the 3rd largest countries GDP (Japan)! Did I mention their loss of business, and reputation? Like earthquake insurance for southern Californians... It's not IF it happens, it's WHEN it happens. Time for companies to get their head out of the sand, and start hiring good, reliable cyber security talent!

[@samihdaifallah516]

Do you still advise to take Cybersecurity as a career

[@Swimspeedo45]

Learning how to think critically and how to learn is all that getting an engineering degree is about. If you want to learn how to think GET AN ENGINEERING DEGREE.

[@sanskarpandey6213]

I doubt that. Not all engineering students and graduates are thinkers. I can attest as an engineering student.

[@irfanion]

not an engineering degree, in electro, or telco degree, no good guy bad guy, no attacker and defender

[@scottyjayes]

the fact everyone is using the iphone tells me there is lack of representation from the entire security community meaning mostly managers... boooooooo

[@stephaniehartland6526]

could hack that dude in a second.

[@bcmasur]

You just lose all credibility when you whip out an iPhone...

[@NateGoddard]

bcmasur What would you suggest using then? Obviously the terribly insecure Android platform is out, so what else is there?

[@psyberpirate]

@@NateGoddard Yeah right, just celebrity scandals leaked online are from iPhones, isn't it? I couldn't even use a freaking encryption key on my iPhone. What a joke.

[@NateGoddard]

@@psyberpirate You didn't answer the question.

[@monsieurLDN]

Nate Goddard well he did android is superior in his words security wise

[@irfanion]

android is superior, its customable, iPhone is anti hacker culture. on all side

[@micjakes1]

Will the H1Bs Trump is bringing in take all the jobs?

[@outviteslb8143]

This guy is an insult to human intelligence