The FINANCIAL — HP will grant $250,000 to the Scholarship for Women Studying Information Security (SWSIS) program, and will work closely with academic institutions worldwide to develop course content to help students learn the fundamentals of IT security, according to HP.
The IT security jobs market will be 40 percent vacant in 2014, according to a new IT Security Jobs Study conducted by the Ponemon Institute and sponsored by HP Enterprise Security Products. This gap in the talent pool is expected to grow, compounding today’s reality that the adversary is innovating faster than the market can keep pace.
This new scholarship effort is part of HP’s larger academic initiative to enhance IT security education and training, and contributes to the company’s goal to address the industry’s urgent need for highly skilled security professionals. HP also will develop security-centric course content and extend product accessibility—spanning HP ArcSight, HP TippingPoint, HP Fortify and HP Atalla technology—to university classrooms,.
More than 60 accredited universities have signed up for HP’s program, including the University of California Berkeley, the University of Michigan and the University of North Carolina Charlotte.
“The security industry has a pressing need for skilled security talent that can function fluidly in today’s environment,” said Art Gilliland, senior vice president and general manager, Enterprise Security Products, HP. “With the new scholarship program for women in information security, as well as the expansion of HP’s academic program, HP will support security career growth and introduce new talent to the field,” Gilliand added.
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