Big thanks to Mike Hamilton, Founder and CISO at Critical Insight, for sharing his insights on the Cyber Sensei podcast on how to best prepare cybersecurity students for their jobs. We had an illuminating discussion on timely topics such as the gap between student and industry expectations and reality, the best types of live-fire cyber-attack scenarios for providing hands-on experience, and more. Hosts and attendees had a great time!

It was a pleasure hosting Nick Mumma, former AmEx incident response and training instructor. Nick gave us valuable insight into what industry expects from cybersecurity graduates, what gets graduates hired, and what causes them to fail. Many thanks to Nick for sharing this crucial information with us, and special thanks to our audience for their thoughtful questions.

Many thanks to Dr. Seth Hamman, Director of the Center for the Advancement of Cybersecurity and Associate Professor of Cyber Operations and Computer Science at Cedarville University, for joining us in our second edition of Cyber Sensei.

Dr. Hamman explained the ‘why and how’ of teaching adversarial thinking to cybersecurity students and shared the compelling journey that led him to teach this critical cybersecurity skill.   Adam Bricker, our host, then joined Dr. Hamman for an important and timely discussion on what universities must be doing to prepare cybersecurity graduates for employment, which covered what recruiters look for in cybersecurity talent, stereotypes we’d like to refute, and how to make cybersecurity inclusive and accessible for minorities and women. . Have a listen and tell your friends.

Helpful links that were shared during the session:

Clark Center: https://clark.center/home

Bruce Schneier: https://www.schneier.com/

 Mike Hamilton daily newsletter: https://www.youtube.com/@CriticalInsight

Cyberbit LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/cyberbit

ICL Collegiate Cup: https://icl.cyberbit.com/

Holiday Hack Challenge: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5nX5sFrR9E

This episode focuses on explaining the gap, as well as solutions, including entry-level tools, educators can use with students to close the skills gap.